Reasons for Non-Completion of Health Related Quality of Life Evaluations in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Johnston, Donna L ^a   Nagarajan, Rajaram ^b   Caparas, Mae ^c   Schulte, Fiona ^d   Cullen, Patricia ^e   Aplenc, Richard ^f   Sung, Lillian ^g  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PEDIATRIC INVENTORY FOR PARENTS; PEDSOL 3.0 ACUTE CANCER MODULE; PEDSOL 4.0 GENERIC CORE SCALES; PEDSQL MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE SCALE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BORONIC ACIDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; NIACINAMIDE; PARENTS; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PYRAZINES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883621595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074549     Document Type: Article

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