Patient-reported outcome measures for cancer caregivers: a systematic review

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1859-1876

  Shilling, Valerie ^a   Matthews, Lucy ^a   Jenkins, Valerie ^a   Fallowfield, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burden; Cancer; Caregivers; Impact; Outcome measures; Psychometric performance

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CINAHL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; EMBASE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MEDLINE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WELLBEING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CAREGIVERS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84957938538     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-016-1239-0     Document Type: Review

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