Subjective versus interviewer assessment of global quality of life among persons with schizophrenia living in the community: A Nordic multicentre study

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 221-229

  Bengtsson Tops, Anita ^a   Hansson, Lars ^b   Sandlund, Mikael ^c   Bjarnason, Olafur ^d   Korkeila, Jyrki ^e   Merinder, Lars ^f   Nilsson, Liselotte ^d   Sørgaard, Knut Wollo ^g   Vinding, Hanne R ^h   Middelboe, Thomas ⁱ  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Landspitallin ^*  (Sweden)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^f Community Mental Health Center ^*  (Denmark)

^g Nordland Psychiatric Hospital   (Norway)

^h ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Schizophrenia; Subjective versus external assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCANDINAVIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 13844255110     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-3926-5     Document Type: Review

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