Multivariate methods to identify cancer-related symptom clusters

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-360

  Skerman, Helen M ^a   Yates, Patsy M ^a   Battistutta, Diana ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cluster analysis; Factor analysis; Multivariate; Symptom clusters; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 66149086515     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20323     Document Type: Article

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