The Queensland cancer risk study: General population norms for the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G)

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 606-614

  Janda, Monika ^a,b   DiSipio, Tracey ^a   Hurst, Cameron ^a   Cella, David ^c   Newman, Beth ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Normative data; Oncology; Quality of life; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949083614     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1428     Document Type: Article

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