Quality criteria and user-friendliness in self-reported questionnaires on cancer-related fatigue: a review

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 705-711

  Agasi Idenburg, Carla ^a,b   Velthuis, Miranda ^c,d   Wittink, Harriet ^b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Registration and Research   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cancer; Fatigue; Instruments; Measurement; Quality

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

FATIGUE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77952430628     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.08.027     Document Type: Review

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