An instrument to assess mental patients' capacity to appraise and report subjective quality of life

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 687-694

  Wong, Josephine G W S ^a   Cheung, Erik P T ^a   Chen, Eric Y H ^a   Chan, Raymond C K ^b   Law, C W ^c   Lo, Molly S M ^c   Leung, K F ^d   Lam, Cindy L K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Decision making; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 17744372250     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-1215-y     Document Type: Article

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