Factorial invariance of the WHOQOL-BREF among disease groups

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1881-1888

  Yao, Grace ^a   Wu, Chia Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Factor invariance; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 24644487920     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-3867-7     Document Type: Article

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