Validation of the FACT-Gastric cancer quality of life questionnaire for use in Spanish-speaking countries

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-27

  Debb, Scott M ^a   Arnold, Benjamin ^a   Perez, Barbara ^a   Cella, David ^a,b  

^a FACITorg Translations   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural; gastric cancer; quality of life; translation; universal Spanish; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CHILE; COGNITION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY GASTRIC CANCER QUESTIONNAIRE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PERU; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; VALIDATION STUDY; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650661712     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1698     Document Type: Article

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