Injection Drug Use Quality of Life scale (IDUQOL): A validation study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hubley, Anita M ^a   Russell, Lara B ^a   Palepu, Anita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug use; Factor analysis; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; CANADA; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 27444434823     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-43     Document Type: Article

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