Measuring symptom distress in palliative care: Psychometric properties of the symptom assessment scale (SAS)

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-321

  Aoun, Samar M ^a   Monterosso, Leanne ^b   Kristjanson, Linda J ^a   McConigley, Ruth ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER PATIENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952300091     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0412     Document Type: Article

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