Clarifying quality of life assessment: Do theoretical models capture the underlying cognitive processes?

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1093-1102

  Bloem, Elsbeth F ^a   Van Zuuren, Florence J ^a   Koeneman, Margot A ^a   Rapkin, Bruce D ^b,c   Visser, Mechteld R M ^a   Koning, Caro C E ^a   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cognitive interviews; Cognitive processes; Qualitative research; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 52449099795     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9380-z     Document Type: Article

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