Translation and psychometric assessment of the Persian version of the Rhodes Index of Nausea, Vomiting and Retching (INVR) scale for the assessment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 811-818

  Moradian, S ^a   Shahidsales, S ^b   Ghavam Nasiri, M R ^b   Pilling, M ^a   Molassiotis, A ^c   Walshe, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forward backward translation; Nausea; Persian; Psychometric testing; Scale; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATIONS; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909644187     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12147     Document Type: Article

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