Toward a better understanding of health-related quality of life: A comparison of the Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV) and the HIV Overview of Problems-Evaluation System (HOPES)

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 433-441

  O'Leary, June F ^a,b   Ganz, Patricia A ^a,b,c   Wu, Albert W ^d   Coscarelli, Anne ^a,b   Petersen, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Health status; Health related quality of life; HIV Overview of Problems Evaluation System (HOPES); Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS HIV)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032522070     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199804150-00008     Document Type: Article

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