Quality of life in Polish respondents: Psychometric properties of the Polish WHOQOL - Bref

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-260

  Jaracz, Krystyna ^a   Kalfoss, Mary ^b   Górna, Krystyna ^a   Ba̧czyk, Grazyna ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b VID SPECIALIZED UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Measurement; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity; WHOQOL Bref

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLAND; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33747613762     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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