The validity and relative precision of MOS short-, and long-form health status scales and Dartmouth COOP charts: Results from the medical outcomes study

Medical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1992, Pages MS253-MS265

  McHorney, Colleen A ^a   Ware, John E ^a   Rogers, William ^b   Raczek, Anastasia E ^a   Lu, J F Rachel ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dartmouth COOP Charts; Health status assessment; Medical Outcomes Study (MOS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROLE PLAYING; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROLE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 3142560498     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199205001-00025     Document Type: Article

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