International validation of the EORTC QLQ-ELD14 questionnaire for assessment of health-related quality of life elderly patients with cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 852-858

  Wheelwright, S ^a   Darlington, A S ^a   Fitzsimmons, D ^b   Fayers, P ^c,d   Arraras, J I ^e   Bonnetain, F ^f   Brain, E ^g   Bredart, A ^g   Chie, W C ^h   Giesinger, J ⁱ   Hammerlid, E ^j   O'Connor, S J ^k   Oerlemans, S ^l,m   Pallis, A ⁿ   Reed, M ^o   Singhal, N ^p   Vassiliou, V ^q   Young, T ^r   Johnson, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^g INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^h NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^j SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^k CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^p ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^q Bank of Cyprus Group Oncology Centre   (Cyprus)

^r MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; EORTC QLQ-C30; EORTC QLQ-ELD15; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84883171885     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.407     Document Type: Article

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