Development of a computer-administered mobility questionnaire

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 745-755

  Helbostad, Jorunn L ^a,b   Oldervoll, Line M ^a   Fayers, Peter M ^a,c   Jordhøy, Marit S ^a,d   Fearon, Kenneth C H ^e   Strasser, Florian ^f   Kaasa, Stein ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computer adaptive testing; Mobility; Patient reported outcomes; Physical functioning; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RUNNING; SELF REPORT; SITTING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80051666096     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0867-0     Document Type: Article

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