Validation of the WHO Quality of Life assessment instrument (WHOQOL-100) in a population of Dutch adult psychiatric outpatients

European Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 465-473

  Masthoff, Erik D ^a   Trompenaars, Fons J ^a   Van Heck, Guus L ^b   Hodiamont, Paul P ^a,b   De Vries, Jolanda ^b  

^a GGZ Midden Brabant   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Psychiatric outpatients; Quality of life; WHOQOL 100

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 27944433438     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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