Responsiveness of the SF-36 and a condition-specific measure of health for patients with varicose veins

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-234

  Garratt, A M ^a,b,c   Ruta, D A ^a   Abdalla, M I ^b   Russell, I T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Quality of life; Responsiveness; SF 36; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0029950803     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00434744     Document Type: Article

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