Is there still a role for the uniscale assessment of quality of life?

Tumori

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-81

  Ballatori, Enzo ^a,b   Porzio, Giampiero ^b   Roila, Fausto ^c   Ruggeri, Benedetta ^d   Mattei, Antonella ^a   Cortesi, Enrico ^e  

^a Medical Statistics Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Silvestrini   (Italy)

^d ASUR Marche ^*  (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Uniscale assessment; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33947732736     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160709300114     Document Type: Article

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