Validation of the French version of the colorectal-specific quality-of-life questionnaires EORTC QLQ-CR38 and FACT-C

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 437-445

  Rotonda, Christine ^a   Conroy, T ^a,b   Mercier, M ^c   Bonnetain, F ^d   Uwer, L ^b   Miny, J ^e   Montcuquet, P ^e   Leonard I ^a,b   Adenis, A ^f   Breysacher, G ^g   Guillemin, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^c université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^d CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^f CENTRE OSCAR LAMBRET   (France)

^g Pasteur Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; EORTC QLQ CR38; FACT C; Quality of life; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURVIVOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 41149140197     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9322-9     Document Type: Article

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