Response shift effects on measuring post-operative quality of life among breast cancer patients: A multicenter cohort study

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Dabakuyo, T S ^a,h,i   Guillemin, F ^c,i   Conroy, T ^d,i   Velten, M ^b,e   Jolly, D ^f,i   Mercier, M ^g,i   Causeret, S ^a   Cuisenier, J ^a   Graesslin, O ^f   Gauthier, M ^a,h,i   Bonnetain, F ^a,h,i  

^a CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^d CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^e Paul Strauss Comprehensive Cancer Center   (France)

^f REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

ⁱ Quality of Life and Cancer Clinical Research Platform   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Quality of life; Recalibration; Response shift; Then test approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84872678633     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0135-5     Document Type: Article

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