European reference values for the quality of life questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30: Results of a German investigation and a summarizing analysis of six European general population normative studies

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 958-965

  Hinz, Andreas ^a   Singer, Susanne ^b   Brähler, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPIRICISM; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; EUROPE; GERMANY; NEOPLASM; VERY ELDERLY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EORTC QLQ C30 QUESTIONNAIRE; GERMANIC PEOPLE; GROUPS BY AGE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POPULATION; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903266996     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2013.879998     Document Type: Article

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