Quality of life measurement in schizophrenia: Reconciling the quest for subjectivity with the question of reliability

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 165-172

  Voruganti, L ^a,b   Heslegrave, R ^a   Awad, A G ^a   Seeman, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0031973040     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005874     Document Type: Article

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