Kwan's arm problem scale: Psychometric examination in a sample of stage II breast cancer survivors

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-288

  Nesvold, Inger Lise ^a   Fosså, Sophie D ^a,b   Naume, Bjørn ^a   Dahl, Alv A ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arm morbidity; Breast cancer; Kwan's arm problem scale; Lymphedema; Patient based rating; Shoulder problems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE BR23; FATIGUE; FATIGUE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KWAN ARM PROBLEM SCALE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 36;

AREA UNDER CURVE; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVORS;

EID: 68949116543     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0288-7     Document Type: Article

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