The development and validation of a quality-of-life questionnaire for head and neck cancer patients with enteral feeding tubes: The QOL-EF

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1175-1182

  Stevens, Christiaan Seimeon Michael ^a,b   Lemon, Betty ^c   Lockwood, Gina A ^c   Waldron, John N ^a,b   Bezjak, Andrea ^a,b   Ringash, Jolie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Reliability and validity; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY HEAD AND NECK QUESTIONNAIRE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ENTERAL FEEDING QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051585426     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0934-6     Document Type: Article

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