Psychometric evaluation of the Taiwan Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-PR25 for HRQOL assessment in prostate cancer patients

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chang, Yu Jun ^a,b   Liang, Wen Miin ^a   Wu, Hsi Chin ^c,d   Lin, Hsueh Chun ^a   Wang, Jong Yi ^a   Li, Tsai Chung ^a   Yeh, Yi Chun ^a   Chang, Chih Hung ^a,e  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EORTC QLQ PR25; Health related quality of life; Item response theory; Prostate cancer; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH RATING SCALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEXUALITY; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROGENIC BOWEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TAIWAN; TRANSLATING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84865051105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-96     Document Type: Article

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