Setting standards for severity of common symptoms in oncology using the PROMIS item banks and expert judgment

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2651-2661

  Cella, David ^a   Choi, Seung ^a   Garcia, Sofia ^a   Cook, Karon F ^a   Rosenbloom, Sarah ^a   Lai, Jin Shei ^a   Tatum, Donna Surges ^b   Gershon, Richard ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Meaningful Measurement Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Patient reported outcomes; PROMIS; Standard setting; Symptom severity levels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84939876047     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0732-6     Document Type: Article

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