Are health-related quality-of-life measures affected by the mode of administration?

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-140

  Weinberger, Morris ^a,d   Oddone, Eugene Z ^b,c   Samsa, Gregory P ^b,c   Landsman, Pamela B ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional status; Health status; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0029913369     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00556-0     Document Type: Article

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