Development of the World Health Organization WHOQOL-BREF Quality of Life Assessment

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 551-558

  Harper, Alison ^w   Power, Mick ^v   Orley, J ^w   Herrman, H ^a   Schofield, H ^a   Murphy, B ^a   Metelko, Z ^b   Szabo, S ^b   Pibernik Okanovic, M ^b   Quemada, N ^c   Caria, A ^c   Rajkumar, S ^d   Kumar, Shuba ^d   Saxena, S ^e   Chandiramani, K ^e   Amir, M ^f   Bar On, D ^f   Tazaki, Miyako ^g   Noji, Ariko ^h   Van Heck, G ⁱ   De Vries, J ⁱ   Sucre, J Arroyo ^j   Picard Ami, L ^j   Kabanov, M ^k   Lomachenkov, A ^k   Burkovsky, G ^k   Carrasco, R Lucas ^l   Bodharamik, Yooth ^m   Meesapya, Kitikorn ^m   Skevington, S ⁿ   Patrick, D ^o   Martin, M ^o   Wild, D ^o   Acuda, W ^p   Mutambirwa, J ^p   Bonicaato, S ^q   Yongping, G ^r   Fleck, M ^s   Angermeyer, M C ^t   Kilian, R ^t   Kwok fai, L ^u   Billington, R ^w   Bullinger, M ^w   Kuyken, W ^w   Sartorius, N ^w   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^g TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^h ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^k Bekhterev St Petersburg Psychoneurological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^m Institute of Mental Health   (Thailand)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^q FUNDONAR   (Argentina)

^r ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^t UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^u QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^v UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^w NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031775905     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798006667     Document Type: Article

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