Journal article
The development of scales to measure childhood cancer survivors' readiness for transition to long‐term follow‐up care as adults
Abstract
PURPOSE: To develop and validate scales to measure constructs that survivors of childhood cancer report as barriers and/or facilitators to the process of transitioning from paediatric to adult-oriented long-term follow-up (LTFU) care.
METHODS: Qualitative interviews provided a dataset that were used to develop items for three new scales that measure cancer worry, self-management skills and expectations about adult care. These scales were …
Authors
Klassen AF; Rosenberg-Yunger ZRS; D'Agostino NM; Cano SJ; Barr R; Syed I; Granek L; Greenberg ML; Dix D; Nathan PC
Journal
Health Expectations, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 1941–1955
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
12 2015
DOI
10.1111/hex.12241
ISSN
1369-6513