Evidence-based guidelines for interpreting change scores for the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1713-1721

  Cocks, K ^a   King, M T ^b   Velikova, G ^c   De Castro Jr , G ^d   Martyn St James, M ^a   Fayers, P M ^e,f   Brown, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

EORTC QLQ C30; Longitudinal studies; Meaningful difference; Minimally important difference; Quality of life; Sample size; Statistical data interpretation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; DETERIORATION; DIARRHEA; EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR THE RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE CORE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84862771595     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.02.059     Document Type: Article

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