A comparison of the FACT-G and the Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS) in women with ovarian cancer: Unidimensionality of constructs

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 887-897

  Colagiuri, B ^a,b   King, M T ^a   Butow, P N ^a   McGrane, J A ^c   Luckett, T ^a,b   Price, M A ^a,c   Birney, D P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; FACT; Quality of life; SCNS; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84863626988     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9993-5     Document Type: Review

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