Development of the BD-QoL: A Quality of Life Measure Specific to Behçet's Disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 931-937

  Gilworth, Gill ^a   Chamberlain, M Anne ^a   Bhakta, Bipin ^a   Haskard, Dorian ^b   Silman, Alan ^c   Tennant, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Outcome; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BEHCET SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342640222     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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