International development of the Quality of Life in Depression Scale (QLDS)

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 63, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 189-199

  McKenna, S P ^a   Doward, L C ^a   Kohlmann, T ^b   Mercier, C ^c   Niero, M ^d   Paes, M ^e   Patrick, D ^f   Ramirez, N ^g   Thorsen, H ^h   Whalley, D ^a  

^a GALEN RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e AR RAZI Hospital   (Morocco)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depression; QLDS; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035094758     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(00)00184-1     Document Type: Article

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