Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Scale in Patients with Cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-57

  Sajjadi, Moosa ^a,b   Rassouli, Maryam ^a   Abbaszadeh, Abbas ^a   Alavi Majd, Hamid ^a   Zendehdel, Kazem ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GONABAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer; Confirmatory factor analysis; MUIS A; Psychometrics; Uncertainty in illness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUIS-A; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); UNCERTAINTY IN ILLNESS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

CANCER; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; MUIS-A; PSYCHOMETRICS; UNCERTAINTY IN ILLNESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893699455     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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