Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the FACT-L for measuring quality of life in patients with lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-421

  Wan, Chonghua ^a,c   Zhang, Canzhen ^b   Cai, Le ^a   Tu, Xin ^c   Feng, Changyong ^c   Luo, Jiahong ^a   Zhang, Xiaoqin ^a  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FACT L; QLICP LU; Quality of life; Standardized response mean

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY-LUNG CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34247618680     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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