Psychometric validation of the European organisation for research and treatment of cancer quality of life questionnaire-endometrial cancer module (EORTC QLQ-EN24)

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-190

  Greimel, Elfriede ^a   Nordin, Andy ^b   Lanceley, Anne ^c   Creutzberg, Carien L ^d   Van De Poll Franse, Lonneke V ^e   Radisic, Vesna Bjelic ^a   Galalae, Razvan ^f   Schmalz, Claudia ^f   Barlow, Ellen ^g   Jensen, Pernille T ^h   Waldenström, Ann Charlotte ⁱ   Bergmark, Karin ⁱ   Chie, Wei Chu ^j   Kuljanic, Karin ^k   Costantini, Anna ^l   Singer, Susanne ^m   Koensgen, Dominique ⁿ   Menon, Usha ^c   Daghofer, Fedor ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^g ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^h Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

ⁱ SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^k KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^l SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; EORTC; Psychometric properties; Quality of life; Questionnaire development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650706121     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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