Reliability and validity of the Vanderbilt Head and Neck Symptom Survey: A tool to assess symptom burden in patients treated with chemoradiation

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-37

  Murphy, Barbara A ^a   Dietrich, Mary S ^b,c   Wells, Nancy ^c   Dwyer, Kathleen ^d   Ridner, Sheila H ^c   Silver, Heidi J ^a   Gilbert, Jill ^a   Chung, Christine H ^a   Cmelak, Anthony ^a   Burkey, Brian ^a   Yarbrough, Wendell G ^a   Sinard, Robert ^a   Netterville, James ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALGESIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENTAL CARE; DENTITION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING; EATING; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENERGY BALANCE; FAMILY RELATION; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOARSENESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH ULCER; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; SPEECH THERAPY; SWALLOWING; TASTE AVERSION; VALIDATION STUDY; VANDERBILT HEAD AND NECK SYMPTOM SURVEY; VOICE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOICE DISORDERS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 75349101247     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21143     Document Type: Article

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