Validation of a quality of life questionnaire for critically ill patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1034-1042

  Rivera Fernandez, R ^a   Sanchez Cruz, J J ^b   Vazquez Mata, G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health status; Intensive care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; TELEPHONE;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10344233650     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050209     Document Type: Article

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