Evaluating changes in health status: Reliability and responsiveness of five generic health status measures in workers with musculoskeletal disorders

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-93

  Beaton, Dorcas E ^a,b   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^a   Bombardier, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health status indicators; Quality of life; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; METALLURGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONTARIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0031053436     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00296-X     Document Type: Article

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