Quality of Life in Depression Scale (QLDS): Adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Norwegian version

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 439-446

  Berle, Jan Ö ^a,b   McKenna, Stephen P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c GALEN RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; QLDS; quality of life; Rating scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 10444241847     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480410006070     Document Type: Article

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