How much do doctors use quality of life information in primary care? Testing the Trans-Theoretical Model of behaviour change

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 911-922

  Skevington, Suzanne M ^a   Day, Rachel ^a   Chisholm, Alison ^a   Trueman, Paul ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Doctors; Primary care; Quality of life; Trans Theoretical Model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 18844414813     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-3710-6     Document Type: Review

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