The reliability and validity of the Turkish version of Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis (QUALEFFO)

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-23

  Kocyigit H ^a   Gulseren S ^a   Erol, A ^a   Hizli, N ^a   Memis, A ^a  

^a Izmir Ataturk Research/ Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Spinal fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SEX ROLE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SPINE FRACTURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SPINAL FRACTURES; TURKEY;

EID: 0037866944     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-002-0653-6     Document Type: Article

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