Patients' acceptance and psychometric properties of the EORTC QLQ-CX24 after surgery

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-87

  Singer, Susanne ^a,b   Kuhnt, Susanne ^a   Momenghalibaf, Azadeh ^b   Stuhr, Claudia ^a   Dimmel Hennersdorf, Ute ^c   Köhler, Uwe ^c   Einenkel, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Uterine cervical neoplasms; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER CERVICAL CANCER MODULE QLQ CX24; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEXUALITY; SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70749088611     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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