Assessment of quality of life with the WHOQOL-BREF in a group of Turkish psychiatric patients compared with diabetic and healthy subjects

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 693-699

  Akvardar, Yildiz ^a   Akdede, Berna Binnur ^a   Özerdem, Ayşegül ^a   Eser, Erhan ^b   Topkaya, Şule ^c   Alptekin, Köksal ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Alsancak State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Bipolar disorder; Diabetes; Quality of life; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TURKEY;

EID: 33750940001     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01584.x     Document Type: Article

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