Quality of life assessment in the community-dwelling elderly: Validation of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) Instrument and comparison with the SF-36

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 138-147

  Osborne, Richard H ^a   Hawthorne, Graeme ^a   Lew, Elizabeth A ^b   Gray, Len C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health related quality of life; Questionnaires; Utility; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037297569     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00601-7     Document Type: Article

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