Reliability testing of the Danish version of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form™

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 498-502

  Molsted, Stig ^a   Heaf, James ^b   Prescott, Lotte ^a   Eidemak, Inge ^a  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Dialysis; Quality of life; Questionnaire validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28444466963     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590500240253     Document Type: Article

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