Assessing measurement invariance of a health-related quality-of-life questionnaire in radiotherapy patients

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1745-1753

  King Kallimanis, Bellinda L ^a   Ter Hoeven, Claartje L ^a   De Haes, Hanneke C ^a   Smets, Ellen M ^a   Koning, Caro C E ^a   Oort, Frans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Measurement invariance; Radiotherapy; Restricted factor analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOTHERAPY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84872291680     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0094-2     Document Type: Article

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