Suitability of the WHOQOL-BREF for community-dwelling older people in Taiwan

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 593-600

  Hwang, Hei Fen ^a   Liang, Wen Miin ^b   Chiu, Yun Ning ^c   Lin, Mau Roung ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Older people; Psychometrics; Taiwan; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN; WORK CAPACITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0345328754     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afg102     Document Type: Article

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