Upper limb lymphedema 27 (ULL27): Dutch translation and validation of an illness-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire for patients with upper limb lymphedema

Lymphology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-138

  Viehoff, P B ^a   Van Genderen, F R ^b   Wittink, H ^c  

^a Centre for Physical Therapy and Manual Therapy Gorinchem   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health related quality of life; Lymphedema; RAND36; ULL27; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; UPPER LIMB LYMPHEDEMA QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARM; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATING;

EID: 58749086924     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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