Overview of the SF-36 Health Survey and the International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) Project

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 903-912

  Ware Jr , John E ^a   Gandek, Barbara ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Health status indicators; Reliability; SF 36 Health Survey; Translations; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032212679     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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