Comparison of three quality of life instruments in stable angina pectoris: Seattle Angina Questionnaire, Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), and Quality of Life Index-Cardiac Version III

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 569-575

  Dougherty, Cynthia M ^a   Dewhurst, Tim ^b   Nichol, W Paul ^a   Spertus, John ^c  

^a Puget Sound VA Health Care System   (United States)

^b Polyclinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Canadian Cardiovascular Society Classification; Quality of life; Quality of life index; Seattle Angina Questionnaire; Short Form Health Survey SF 36

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032127593     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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