Perspective of physicians within a multidisciplinary team: Content validation of the comprehensive ICF core set for head and neck cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 956-966

  Leib, Andreas ^a   Cieza, Alarcos ^b   Tschiesner, Uta ^b  

^a Swiss Paraplegics Centre   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delphi methodology; Disability and health (ICF); Functional outcome; Head and neck cancer; ICF core set for head and neck cancer; International classification of functioning; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING DISABILITY AND HEALTH CORE SET FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER; CONSENSUS; CONTENT VALIDITY; DELPHI STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84862835873     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21844     Document Type: Article

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