Development and validation of a disease-specific questionnaire on the quality of life of patients with chronic venous insufficiency

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 291-301

  Augustin, M ^a   Dieterle, W ^a   Zschocke, I ^a   Brill, C ^a   Trefzer, D ^a   Peschen, M ^a   Schopf E ^a   Vanscheidt, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Clinical trial; Leg ulcer; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL LIFE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0030731942     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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