A comparison of two multidimensional measures of health status: The Nottingham Health Profile and the RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 165-174

  VanderZee, K I ^a   Sanderman, R ^a   Heyink, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health Status measurement; NHP; Population surveys; RAND 36 Item Health Survey 1.0

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTTINGHAM HEALTH PROFILE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029878051     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00435982     Document Type: Article

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