The Utian Quality of Life (UQOL) Scale: Development and validation of an instrument to quantify quality of life through and beyond menopause

Menopause

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 402-410

  Utian, Wulf H ^a,d   Janata, Jeffrey W ^b   Kingsberg, Sheryl A ^a   Schluchter, Mark ^a   Hamilton, James C ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d NAMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopause; Quality of life; Utian Quality of Life Scale; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED STATES; UTIAN QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CLIMACTERIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036833924     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-200211000-00005     Document Type: Article

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