Telephone vs. mail survey gives different SF-36 quality-of-life scores among cancer survivors

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1049-1055

  Buskirk, Trent D ^a   Stein, Kevin D ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivorship; Quality of life; Registry based sampling; SF 36; Social desirability; Survey mode effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SHORT FORM 36; TELEPHONE;

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSTAL SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 50249134834     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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