Low health-related quality of life among abused women

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 959-965

  Alsaker, Kjersti ^a   Moen, Bente E ^a   Nortvedt, Monica W ^a   Baste, Valborg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Battered women; Quality of life; SF 36; Women's shelter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BATTERED WOMAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33747125757     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-0046-4     Document Type: Article

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