Validity and reliability study on traditional Chinese FACT-C in Chinese patients with colorectal neoplasm

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1186-1195

  Wong, Carlos K H ^a   Lam, Cindy L K ^a   Law, Wai Lun ^a   Poon, Jensen T C ^a   Chan, Pierre ^b   Kwong, Dora L W ^a   Tsang, Janice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; colorectal neoplasm; FACT C; quality of life; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY-COLORECTAL; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; WELLBEING;

AGED; CHINA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84868208252     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01753.x     Document Type: Article

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