Development and validation of a French obesity-specific quality of life questionnaire: Quality of Life, Obesity and Dietetics (QOLOD) rating scale

Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 273-283

  Ziegler, O ^a   Filipecki, J ^b   Girod, I ^c   Guillemin, F ^d  

^a Ctr Hospitalier Univ de Nancy   (France)

^b Abbott   (France)

^c MAPI VALUES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Dietary management; Health related quality of life; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET THERAPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE OBESITY AND DIETETICS RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 21844470479     PISSN: 12623636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1262-3636(07)70194-5     Document Type: Article

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