Reliability across studies from the functional assessment of cancer therapy-general (FACT-G) and its subscales: A reliability generalization

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1137-1146

  Victorson, David ^a   Barocas, Joshua ^b   Song, Juliette ^b   Cella, David ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient outcome assessment; Quality of life; Reliability of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY GENERAL; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 54849434809     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9398-2     Document Type: Article

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