Cross-cultural development of the EORTC QLQ-SWB36: A stand-alone measure of spiritual wellbeing for palliative care patients with cancer

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 457-469

  Vivat, Bella ^a   Young, Teresa ^b   Efficace, Fabio ^c   Siguradóttir, Valgerur ^d   Arraras, Juan Ignacio ^e   Åsgeirsdóttir, Gulaug Helga ^d   Brédart, Anne ^f   Costantini, Anna ^g   Kobayashi, Kunihiko ^h   Singer, Susanne ⁱ  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Italian Group for Adult Hematologic Diseases (GIMEMA)   (Italy)

^d LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^e Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^f INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^h SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; cross cultural comparison; palliative care; quality of life; questionnaire; spiritual wellbeing; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URINARY TRACT CANCER; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIRITUALISM;

EID: 84877779839     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216312451950     Document Type: Article

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