Hyperarousal, depression and quality of life - Validity and reliability of the Swedish version of the Hyperarousal Scale

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-67

  Edéll Gustafsson, Ulla ^a,b   Carstensen, John ^a,b   Regestein, Quentin ^c   Swahn, Eva ^b,d   Svanborg, Eva ^d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Cardiovascular Inflammation Research Centre   (Sweden)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arousal; Attention; Depression; Fatigue; Gender; Quality of life; Sleep; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; SEX RATIO; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTROVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDERS; SWEDEN; TRANSLATING;

EID: 33645104045     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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