Thresholds for clinical importance were established to improve interpretation of the EORTC QLQ-C30 in clinical practice and research
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Thresholds for clinical importance for four key domains of the EORTC QLQ-C30: physical functioning, emotional functioning, fatigue and pain
BACKGROUND The EORTC QLQ-C30 is one of the most widely used quality of life questionnaires in cancer research. Availability of thresholds for clinical importance for the individual questionnaire domains could help to increase its interpretability. The aim of our study was to identify thresholds for clinical importance for four EORTC QLQ-C30 scales: Physical Functioning (PF), Emotional Functioni...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0895-4356
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.10.003