Development and validation of the convalescence and recovery evaluation (CARE) for measuring quality of life after surgery

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 915-926

  Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a,b   Dunn, Rodney L ^b   Wolf Jr , J Stuart ^b   Sanda, Martin G ^c   Wood, David P ^b   Gilbert, Scott M ^b   Weizer, Alon Z ^b   Montie, James E ^b   Wei, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Reliability; Surgery; Validation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CYSTECTOMY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCONTINENCE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOMECTOMY; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48449102585     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9366-x     Document Type: Article

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