Reliability and Validity of Physical and Mental Health Summary Scores from the Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 126-137

  Revicki, Dennis A ^a   Sorensen, Sonja ^a   Wu, Albert W ^b  

^a UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Health indexes; Health status assessment; HIV health survey; Human immunodeficiency virus infection

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031989360     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199802000-00003     Document Type: Article

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