Development of the WHOQOL-Old module

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2197-2214

  Power, Mick ^a   Quinn, Kathryn ^a   Schmidt, Silke ^a  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Older adults; Quality of life; Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE OLD MODULE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 27944461013     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-7380-9     Document Type: Article

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