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Understanding changes in quality of life in cancer patients: a cognitive interview
approach
Bloem, E.F.
Publication date
2010
Link to publication
Citation for published version (APA):
Bloem, E. F. (2010). Understanding changes in quality of life in cancer patients: a cognitive
interview approach.
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Contents
Chapter 1 General introduction 7 Chapter 2 Somatically ill persons’ self-nominated quality 21
of life domains: review of the literature and provision of guidelines
Quality of Life Research 2010; 19: 253-291
Chapter 3 Clarifying quality of life assessment: do theoretical 85 models capture the underlying cognitive processes?
Quality of Life Research 2008; 17: 1093-1102
Chapter 4 A ‘short walk’ is longer before radiotherapy than 105 afterwards: a qualitative study questioning the
baseline and follow-up design
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010; 8: 69
Chapter 5 Using a retrospective pretest instead of a 143 conventional pretest is replacing biases:
a qualitative study examining cognitive processes underlying responses to thentest items
Submitted
Chapter 6 Opening the black box of cancer patients’ 163 quality-of-life assessments: a qualitative study
examining the cognitive processes underlying responses to transition items
Submitted
Chapter 7 General discussion 189
Summary 203
Samenvatting 209
Dankwoord 215
