Health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease treated for angina: Validity and reliability of German translations of two specific questionnaires

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-212

  Höfer, Stefan ^a   Benzer, W ^f   Schussler G ^a   Von Steinbuchel N ^b,c   Oldridge, N B ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Dept of Med Psychol/Psychother ^*

Author keywords

Angina; Coronary heart disease; Health status; Health related quality of life; Questionnaires; Reliability; Responsiveness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0037371540     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022272620947     Document Type: Article

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