Comparison of distribution- and anchor-based approaches to infer changes in health-related quality of life of prostate cancer survivors

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1902-1925

  Jayadevappa, Ravishankar ^a   Malkowicz, Stanley Bruce ^b   Wittink, Marsha ^c   Wein, Alan J ^b   Chhatre, Sumedha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

anchor based; distribution based; health related quality of life; minimal important difference; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84866516794     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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