Measurement of quality of life in patients with end-stage cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-49

  Kim, Kyeong Uoon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

End Stage cancer; Korean hospitals; Patients; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EASTERN COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP PERFORMANCE STATES RATING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; KOREAN VERSION OF THE MCMASTER QUALITY OF LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTH KOREA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84890547705     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31827b5bdc     Document Type: Article

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