Reliability & Validity of The Hindi Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy For The Gallbladder Cancer
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Background and objective The efforts to monitor quality of life (QOL) are increasing. However, the nonavailability of a valid and reliable tool in the local language is a common problem. Cross-culturally sensitive tools enable the researchers to compare different patient populations and identify cultural differences and variations. The present study was carried out to, validate and test for reliability a reliable QOL tool for the gallbladder cancer patient population in a tertiary care hospital in IMS,BHU, Varanasi India.
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Punam Pandey
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