Validity and reliability of the MSKCC Bowel Function instrument in a sample of Italian rectal cancer patients

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 589-596

  Zotti, P ^a   Del Bianco, P ^b   Serpentini, S ^c   Trevisanut, P ^a   Barba, M C ^d   Valentini, V ^d   De Paoli, A ^a   Pucciarelli, S ^c  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bowel function; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Rectal cancer; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEFECATION URGENCY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QLQ C30 QUESTIONNAIRE; EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QLQ C38 QUESTIONNAIRE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER BOWEL FUNCTION INSTRUMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; DEFECATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959568090     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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