The SF-36 questionnaire and its usefulness in population studies: Results of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 266-277

  Kurth, Bärbel Maria ^a   Ellert, Ute ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

General population; Health status assessment; Health related quality of life; National Health Interview and Examination Survey; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 36 QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036387761     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-002-8217-8     Document Type: Article

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