The visual analogy rating scale of health-related quality of life: An examination of end-digit preferences

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Shmueli, Amir ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

End digit preference; Health related quality of life; Visual Analog Scale

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 28044447405     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-71     Document Type: Article

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