Validation of the “Quality of Life in Life-Threatening Illness—Family Carer Version” (QOLLTI-F) in German-speaking carers of advanced cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2783-2791

  Schur, Sophie ^a   Ebert Vogel, Alexandra ^a   Amering, Michaela ^a   Masel, Eva Katharina ^a   Neubauer, Marie ^a   Schrott, Andrea ^b   Sibitz, Ingrid ^a   Watzke, Herbert ^a   Schrank, Beate ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b StatistikAmbulanz KG   (Austria)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregivers; German language; Palliative care; QOLLTI F; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVER; DEVICES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84930519338     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2272-6     Document Type: Article

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