Quality of life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST): Development and initial validation

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 367-373

  Tröster, Alexander I ^a   Pahwa, Rajesh ^b   Fields, Julie A ^c   Tanner, Caroline M ^d   Lyons, Kelly E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PARKINSON S INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cogrition; Communication; Essential tremor; Neuropsychology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORK;

EID: 24944475638     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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