Measurement invariance of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Colorectal quality-of-life instrument among modes of administration

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1415-1426

  Wong, Carlos K H ^a   Lam, Cindy L K ^a   Mulhern, Brendan ^b   Law, Wai Lun ^c   Poon, Jensen T C ^c   Kwong, Dora L W ^c   Tsang, Janice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Confirmatory factor analysis; FACT C; Measurement invariance; Mode of administration; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885171479     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0272-x     Document Type: Article

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