The denial of cancer interview: Development and first assessment of psychometric properties in lung cancer patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 224-234

  Vos, Martina S ^a   Putter, Hein ^b   Leurs, Amber ^a   Rooijmans, Harry G M ^c   de Haes, Hanneke C J M ^d   van Houwelingen, Hans C ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Health Research and Development Council   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Denial; Lung cancer; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DENIAL OF CANCER INTERVIEW; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOMETRY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34249937791     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article

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