SF-20 Score and Item Distributions in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Seropositive Sample

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 562-569

  Holmes, William ^a   Bix, Barbara ^b   Shea, Judy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Human immunodeficiency virus; Quality of life; SF 20

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROLE PLAYING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030160340     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199606000-00006     Document Type: Article

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