Assessing quality of life in individuals with hereditary blood coagulation disorders

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 987-1000

  Solovieva, S ^a,b   Santavirta, N ^c   Santavirta, S ^a   Konttinen, Y T ^a,d  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d ORTON Invalid Foundation   (Finland)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Hemophilia; Known group validity; Quality of life assessment; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS, INHERITED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 3242663608     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000025587.97216.8a     Document Type: Article

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