Computerised assessment of quality of life in oncology patients and carers

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-33

  Carter, Gregory ^a,b,c   Lewin, Terry ^c   Rashid, Ghizala ^b   Adams, Catherine ^a,b   Clover, Kerrie ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Carer; Oncology; Quality of life; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROCOMPUTER; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CAREGIVERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 38649136958     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1179     Document Type: Article

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