Opening the black box of cancer patients' quality-of-life change assessments: A think-aloud study examining the cognitive processes underlying responses to transition items

Psychology and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1414-1428

  Taminiau Bloem, Elsbeth F ^a   van Zuuren, Florence J ^a   Visser, Mechteld R M ^a   Tishelman, Carol ^b,c   Schwartz, Carolyn E ^d,e   Koeneman, Margot A ^a   Koning, Caro C E ^a   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^d DeltaQuest Foundation Inc   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; minimal clinically important difference; patient reported outcomes; quality of life; transition questions; transition rating validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84858785163     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2011.596203     Document Type: Article

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