Validation of the QUAL-EC for assessing quality of life in patients with advanced cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 554-560

  Lo, Christopher ^a,c   Burman, Debika ^a   Swami, Nadia ^a   Gagliese, Lucia ^a,b   Rodin, Gary ^a,c   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Construct validity; FACT G; Factor analysis; Palliative care; Psychometrics; QUAL E; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE AT THE END OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VALIDATION STUDY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 79851507686     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.10.027     Document Type: Article

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