Selecting national items for the WHOQOL: Conceptual and psychometric considerations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 473-487

  Skevington, S M ^a   Bradshaw, J ^a   Saxena, S ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Health; Psychometric; Quality of life; WHOQOL

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEY DESIGN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032953096     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00355-4     Document Type: Article

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