Validation of Chinese and English versions of the Holistic Well-being Scale in patients with cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3563-3571

  Lee, Geok Ling ^a   Fan, Gilbert Kam Tong ^b   Chan, Sally Wai Chi ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cross cultural; Holistic well being; Oncology; Psychometric testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOLISTIC WELL BEING SCALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84945449811     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-2736-3     Document Type: Article

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