Psychometric properties of two measures of psychological well-being in adult growth hormone deficiency

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  McMillan, Carolyn V ^a   Bradley, Clare ^a   Gibney, James ^b   Russell Jones, David L ^c   Sönksen, Peter H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 33745112089     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-16     Document Type: Article

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