Designing an oral mucositis assessment instrument for use in children: Generating items using a nominal group technique

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 555-562

  Tomlinson, Deborah ^a   Gibson, Faith ^b   Treister, Nathaniel ^c,d   Baggott, Christina ^e   Judd, Peter ^a   Hendershot, Eleanor ^a   Maloney, Anne Marie ^a   Doyle, John ^a   Feldman, Brian ^f   Sung, Lillian ^f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ChIMES; Instrument development; Mucositis assessment; Oral mucositis in children

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRINKING; EATING; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MOUTH ULCER; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION;

CHILD; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMATITIS;

EID: 64349116886     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0523-0     Document Type: Article

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