The psychometric and clinical validity of the SWAL-QOL questionnaire in evaluating swallowing problems experienced by patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Rinkel, Rico N ^a   Verdonck de Leeuw, Irma M ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^c   van Reij, Ellen J ^a   Aaronson, Neil K ^b   Rene Leemans C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Head and neck cancer; Oral and oropharyngeal cancer; Quality of life; Swallowing; Swallowing disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWALLOWING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TUBE FEEDING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650417877     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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