An international validation study of the EORTC QLQ-INFO25 questionnaire: An instrument to assess the information given to cancer patients

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2726-2738

  Arraras, Juan Ignacio ^a   Greimel, Eva ^b   Sezer, Orhan ^c   Chie, Wei Chu ^d   Bergenmar, Mia ^e   Costantini, Anna ^f   Young, Teresa ^g   Vlasic, Karin Kuljanic ^h   Velikova, Galina ⁱ  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Information; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EORTC QLQ INFO25 QUESTIONNAIRE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TAIWAN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77957190696     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.06.118     Document Type: Article

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