The EUROHIS-QOL 8-item index: Psychometric results of a cross-cultural field study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 420-428

  Schmidt, Silke ^a   Mühlan, Holger ^a   Power, Mick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; EUROHIS; Health indicator; Quality of life; Short version

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33748139830     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki155     Document Type: Review

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