Validation of the Arabic version of the EORTC quality of life questionnaire among cancer patients in Lebanon

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1473-1481

  Huijer, Huda Abu Saad ^a   Sagherian, Knar ^a   Tamim, Hani ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cancer; EORTC QLQ C30; Lebanon; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE);

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84885185429     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0261-0     Document Type: Article

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