Feasibility, reliability, and validity of the pediatric quality of life inventory™ generic core scales, cancer module, and multidimensional fatigue scale in long-term adult survivors of pediatric cancer

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 703-707

  Robert, Rhonda S ^a   Paxton, Raheem J ^a   Palla, Shana L ^a   Yang, Grace ^a   Askins, Martha A ^a   Joy, Shaini E ^a   Ater, Joann L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term survival; Psychology; Psychosocial; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER MODULE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERIC CORE SCALES; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE SCALE; NAUSEA; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLID TUMOR; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CHILD; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84864955862     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24099     Document Type: Article

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