Validation of a Simplified Anorexia Questionnaire

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 691-697

  Davis, Mellar P ^a,b   Yavuzsen, Tugba ^a   Kirkova, Jordanka ^a   Walsh, Declan ^a,b   Karafa, Matthew ^b   LeGrand, Susan ^a,b   Lagman, Ruth ^a,b  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

anorexia; assessment; prognosis; Questionnaire; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350523789     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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