Validation of the simplified Chinese version of the quality of life instrument EORTC QLQ-LC43 for patients with lung cancer

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 504-510

  Wan, Chonghua ^a,c   Zhang, Canzhen ^b   Tu, Xin ^c   Feng, Changyong ^c   Tang, Wan ^c   Luo, Jiahong ^a   Meng, Qiong ^a  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tumor Hospital of Yunnan Province   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Quality of life; Standardized response mean; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45949107471     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900701781788     Document Type: Article

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