Symptom clusters using the Spitzer quality of life index in patients with brain metastases - A reanalysis comparing different statistical methods

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 467-473

  Khan, Luluel ^a   Cramarossa, Gemma ^a   Lemke, Madeline ^a   Nguyen, Janet ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   Chen, Emily ^a   Chow, Edward ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Spitzer Quality of Life Index; Statistical analysis; Symptom cluster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIZZINESS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TINGLING; SMELLING DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER; SPITZER QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM CLUSTER; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYNDROME;

EID: 84874118015     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1540-6     Document Type: Article

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