Validation of a core outcome measure for palliative care in Africa: The APCA African Palliative Outcome Scale

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Harding, Richard ^a   Selman, Lucy ^a   Agupio, Godfrey ^b   Dinat, Natalya ^c   Downing, Julia ^d   Gwyther, Liz ^e   Mashao, Thandi ^f   Mmoledi, Keletso ^c   Moll, Tony ^g   Sebuyira, Lydia M ^h   Panjatovic, Barbara ⁱ   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospice Africa Uganda   (Uganda)

^c Witwatersrand Palliative Care   (South Africa)

^d AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

^e Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g Church of Scotland Hospital   (South Africa)

^h MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

ⁱ Msunduzi Hospice   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN PALLIATIVE OUTCOME SCALE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77349085346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-10     Document Type: Article

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