Quality of life and physical limitations in primary brain tumor patients

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1639-1643

  Gazzotti, Mariana R ^a   Malheiros, Suzana M F ^a   Batan Alith, Marcela ^a   Nascimento, Oliver ^a   Santoro, Ilka Lopes ^a   Jardim, José R ^a   Vidotto, Milena ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Correlation; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 84355166784     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9908-5     Document Type: Article

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