The Euro Cardio-QoL Project. An international study to develop a core heart disease health-related quality of life questionnaire, the HeartQoL

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-94

  Oldridge, Neil ^a,b   Saner, Hugo ^c   Mcgee, Hannah M ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

clinical trials; coronary heart disease; health status; health related quality of life; HeartQoL; outcome assessment; questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EUROPE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MOOD; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17644425668     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000159408.05180.0e     Document Type: Article

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