Methodology and measurement properties of health-related quality of life instruments: A prospective study of patients undergoing breast reduction surgery

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Thoma, Achilleas ^a,b   Sprague, Sheila ^a,b   Veltri, Karen ^a,b   Duku, Eric ^b   Furlong, William ^c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Health Utilities Incorporated   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast reduction surgery; Health related quality of life; Reliability; Responsiveness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERTRIGO; METHODOLOGY; NECK PAIN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; ALGORITHM; BREAST; BREAST DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPERTROPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27344449296     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-44     Document Type: Article

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