Modification of the EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 2.0) based on content validity and reliability testing in large samples of patients with cancer

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-108

  Osoba, O ^a,e   Aaronson, N ^b   Zee, B ^c   Sprangers, M ^d   Te Velde, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

QLQ C30; quality of life; revisions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; CANADA; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE CORE 30; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; NETHERLANDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 8244243951     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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