Validity and reliability of the Italian version of the Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire (CLDQ-I) for the assessment of health-related quality of life

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 850-860

  Rucci, P ^a   Taliani, G ^b   Cirrincione, L ^c   Alberti, A ^d   Bartolozzi, D ^e   Caporaso, N ^f   Colombo, M ^g   Coppola, R ^h   Chiaramonte, M ⁱ   Craxi, A ^j   De Sio, I ^f   Floreani, A R ^k   Gaeta, G B ^f   Persico, M ^f   Secchi, G ^l   Versace, I ^m   Mele, A ^c   Benedetti, Marta ^b   Sbaragli, Serena ^b   Boccato, Silvia ^d   Ambu, Silvia ^e   Morisco, Filomena ^f   Aghemo, Alessio ^g   Rumi , M G ^g   Massa, Francesco ^h   Cusano, Bruno ^h   Civolani, Alberto ^h   Corbello, Orazio ^h   Marollo, Marzia ⁿ   Melideo, Dina ⁿ   Gabriella, Cataldo M ^j   Lanzarone, Cristina ^j   Federico, Alessandro ^f   Canton, Siddharta ^o   Mega, Andrea ^o   Carannante, Novella ^f   Gellman, Eva ^l   Pozzi, Enrico ^l   Aceti, Antonio ^m   Pasquazzi, Caterina ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e Clinic of Infectious Diseases Careggi   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

ⁱ Department of General Medicine and Public Health ^*  (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^k Gastroenterology Unit 'R Farini'   (Italy)

^l Ist Naz Stud e la Cura dei Tumori   (Italy)

^m SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁿ Chair of Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^o Gastroenterology Unit R Farini   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Liver disease; Liver specific quality of life; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT DURATION; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; LIVER DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER DISEASES; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33644877352     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.02.014     Document Type: Article

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