Validation of the Danish version of the disease specific instrument EORTC QLQ-CR38 to assess Health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Thaysen, Henriette V ^a   Jess, P ^b,c   Laurberg, Søren ^a   Groenvold, M ^c,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; EORTC QLQ CR38; Health related quality of life; Psychometric validation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEFECATION DISORDER; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE COLORECTAL QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICTURITION DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; VALIDITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84870900580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-150     Document Type: Article

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