A cross-cultural validation of patient-reported outcomes measures: A study of breast cancers survivors

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 295-308

  Ashing Giwa, K ^a   Rosales, M ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivors; Ethnic minority; Linguistic minority; Measurement; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVICES; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84878392437     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0140-8     Document Type: Article

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