Quality of life assessment using the short form 12 questionnaire is as reliable and sensitive as the short form 36 in distinguishing symptom severity in myocardial infarction survivors

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1445-1446

  Melville, M R ^a   Lari, M A ^a   Brown, N ^b   Young, T ^c   Gray, D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0345257222     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.12.1445     Document Type: Article

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