Systematic review recommends the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer colorectal cancer-specific module for measuring quality of life in colorectal cancer patients

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 266-278

  Wong, Carlos K H ^a   Chen, Jing ^b   Yu, Charlotte L Y ^a   Sham, Mansy ^a   Lam, Cindy L K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; COSMIN; Measurement property; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE SCALE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REHABILITATION QUESTIONNAIRE; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE MODULE; COLOSTOMY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CORE QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; EMBASE; FECAL INCONTINENCE QUALITY OF LIFE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY COLORECTAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY COLORECTAL SYMPTOM INDEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL LIVING INDEX FOR CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; HERDECKE QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIKERT SCALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDLINE; MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER BOWEL FUNCTION; MINI MENTAL ADJUSTMENT TO CANCER SCALE; MODIFIED AMBULATORY CARE FLOW SHEET; MODIFIED FECAL INCONTINENCE QUALITY OF LIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADULT CANCER SURVIVOR; QUICK FUNCTIONAL LIVING INDEX FOR CANCER; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 6; SOCIAL RELATIONAL QUALITY SCALE; STOMA CARE QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84923455313     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.09.021     Document Type: Review

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