Which chronic conditions are associated with better or poorer quality of life?

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 895-907

  Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a   De Regt, Ellen B ^a   Andries, Frank ^b   Van Agt, Heleen M E ^c   Bijl, Rob V ^d   De Boer, Josien B ^c   Foets, Marleen ^e   Hoeymans, Nancy ^f   Jacobs, Annelies E ^g   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^h   Miedema, Harold S ^b   Tijhuis, Marja A R ^f   De Haes, Hanneke C J M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^h N Center for Healthcare Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Comparison; Functioning; Health status; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033834125     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00204-3     Document Type: Article

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