Health related quality of life: A changing construct?

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1187-1197

  Bernhard, Jürg ^a   Lowy, Adam ^b   Mathys, Natascha ^b   Herrmann, Richard ^c   Hürny, Christoph ^d  

^a SIAK Coordinating Center   (Switzerland)

^b SIAK Coordinating Center   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Geriatrische Klinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Quality of life; Reprioritization; Response shift; Then test

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; LEVAMISOLE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 4344661638     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000037485.59681.7d     Document Type: Article

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