Validation of the FACT-G scale for evaluating quality of life in cancer patients in Colombia

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-29

  Sánchez, Ricardo ^c   Ballesteros, Monica ^a   Arnold, Benjamin J ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Cancerología   (Colombia)

^b FACIT   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Neoplasm; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOMBIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951772968     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9727-0     Document Type: Article

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