Development and validation of the Nightingale Symptom Assessment Scale (N-SAS) and predictors of the quality of life of the cancer patients in Turkey

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-11

  Can, Gulbeyaz ^a   Aydiner, Adnan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biotherapy; Cancer; Cancer patient; Chemotherapy; Instrument; Quality of life; Scale; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 78651456873     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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