Validity and reliability of the Bangla version of WHOQOL-BREF on an adolescent population in Bangladesh

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1783-1789

  Izutsu, Takashi ^a   Tsutsumi, Atsuro ^b   Islam, Md Akramul ^c   Matsuo, Yusuke ^d   Yamada, Helena Sayuri ^b   Kurita, Hiroshi ^b   Wakai, Susumu ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^d CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bangladesh; Mental health; Quality of life; Slum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 22144483508     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-1744-z     Document Type: Article

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