Validation of the eortc QLQ-C30 and eortc QLQ-H&N35 in patients with laryngeal Cancer after surgery

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-76

  Singer, Susanne ^a   Wollbrück, Dorit ^a   Wulke, Cornelia ^b   Dietz, Andreas ^a   Klemm, Eckart ^c   Oeken, Jens ^d   Meister, Eberhard F ^e   Gudziol, Hilmar ^f   Bindewald, Julian ^a   Schwarz, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

^d Chemnitz Medical Center   (Germany)

^e Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

EORTC QLQ H ; Health related quality of life; Laryngeal cancer; N35; EORTC QLQ C30; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER STATISTICS; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE CORE MODULE 30; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE HEAD AND NECK MODULE 35; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTITRAIT MULTIMETHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58149513558     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20938     Document Type: Article

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