Are importance-satisfaction discrepancies with regard to ratings of specific health-related quality-of-life aspects valid indicators of disease- and treatment-related distress among patients with endocrine gastrointestinal tumours?

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 493-499

  Larsson, G ^a,c   Von Essen, L ^b   Sjoden P O ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ENDOCRINE GLAND NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 35348999014     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2007.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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