The assessment of quality of life at the end of life (AQEL) questionnaire: A brief but comprehensive instrument for use in patients with cancer in palliative care

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 739-750

  Henoch, Ingela ^a,b   Axelsson, Bertil ^a,c,d   Bergman, Bengt ^e  

^a Research Unit   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AQEL; Palliative care; Quality of life; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956392903     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9623-7     Document Type: Article

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