Development of a new questionnaire to assess patient perceptions of cancer-related fatigue: Item generation and item reduction

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-138

  Baró, Eva ^a   Carulla, Joan ^b   Cassinello, Javier ^c   Colomer, Ramón ^d,e   Mata, Jesús García ^f   Gascón, Pere ^g   Gasquet, José Antonio ^h   Herdman, Michael ^a   Rodríguez, César A ⁱ   Sánchez, Jordi ^h   Valentín, Vicente ^j  

^a 3D Health Research   (Spain)

^b Hospital General Mateu Orfila   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GUADALAJARA   (Spain)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^e MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (Spain)

^f Servizo Galego de Saúde   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^h Amgen SA   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Cancer; Development; Fatigue; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 58849107835     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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