Assessing quality of life in older people: Psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-122

  von Steinbüchel, Nicole ^a,b   Lischetzke, Tanja ^b   Gurny, Madeleine ^b   Eid, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Older adults; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745106935     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-006-0024-2     Document Type: Article

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