Parent proxy-reported health-related quality of life and fatigue in pediatric patients diagnosed with brain tumors and acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2116-2125

  Meeske, Kathleen ^a,b   Katz, Ernest R ^a,b   Palmer, Stephanie N ^a   Burwinkle, Tasha ^c   Varni, James W ^d,e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Brain tumor; Children; Health related quality of life; Pediatrics; PedsQl fatigue

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NAUSEA; PARENT; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 7044247627     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20609     Document Type: Article

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