Measurement and Interpretation of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Surgery: An Opportunity for Improvement

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 682-689

  Karanicolas, Paul J ^a   Bickenbach, Kai ^a   Jayaraman, Shiva ^b   Pusic, Andrea L ^a   Coit, Daniel G ^a   Guyatt, Gordon H ^c   Brennan, Murray F ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trial design; Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Minimal important difference; Patient reported outcomes; Quality of life; Surgery; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STOMACH TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953109638     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1421-1     Document Type: Article

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