Development and validation of a scale to measure socioeconomic well-being in persons with cancer

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 183-192

  Head, Barbara Anderson ^a   Faul, Anna C ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 42549152828     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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