Mapping the FACT-G cancer-specific quality of life instrument to the EQ-5D and SF-6D

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Teckle, Paulos ^a,b   McTaggart Cowan, Helen ^a   Van der Hoek, Kim ^a   Chia, Stephen ^a   Melosky, Barb ^a   Gelmon, Karen ^a   Peacock, Stuart ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer specific instrument; Cross walking; Mapping; Quality adjusted life years; Regression modeling; Utility assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EUROQOL 5D; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 6D; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84888379471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-203     Document Type: Article

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