The approach of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group to measuring compliance, that is, completion rates, for health-related quality of life questionnaires is presented. Completion rates can be measured at the institutional, patient, questionnaire and item levels for baseline
Obstacles and opportunities for the use of health-related quality-of-life assessment in pediatric cancer clinical trials (discussion)
β Scribed by Brad H. Pollock
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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