Needs assessments can identify scores on HRQOL questionnaires that represent problems for patients: An illustration with the Supportive Care Needs Survey and the QLQ-C30

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 837-845

  Snyder, Claire F ^a,b   Blackford, Amanda L ^a   Brahmer, Julie R ^a   Carducci, Michael A ^a   Pili, Roberto ^a   Stearns, Vered ^a   Wolff, Antonio C ^a   Dy, Sydney M ^a,b   Wu, Albert W ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical practice; Health related quality of life; Interpretation; Needs assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77957562719     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9636-2     Document Type: Article

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