Is a line the same as a box? Speech assessment by VAS is not superior to Likert scales in laryngeal cancer patients

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Johansson, Mia ^a   Finizia, Caterina ^a   Degl'Innocenti, Alessio ^b   Rydén, Anna ^a,c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comparison; Laryngeal cancer; Likert; Measurement; VAS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SPEECH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36148964048     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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