The Range of Impaired Functioning Tool (LIFE-RIFT): A brief measure of functional impairment

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 869-878

  Leon, Andrew C ^a   Solomon, D A ^b   Mueller, T I ^b   Turvey, C L ^b   Endicott, J ^b   Keller, M B ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0032788835     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799008570     Document Type: Article

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