Health-related quality of life as an outcome measure;Livskvalitet som sundhedsfagligt effektmål

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 167, Issue 48, 2005, Pages 4545-4549

  Pedersen, Anette Fischer ^a   Zachariae, Robert ^b   Mainz, Jan ^b  

^a Psykoonkologisk Forskningsenhed   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944466630     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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