Assessing responsiveness of generic and specific health related quality of life measures in heart failure

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Eurich, Dean T ^a,b   Johnson, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Reid, Kimberly J ^c   Spertus, John A ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Saint Luke's Health System Missouri   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33845324919     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-89     Document Type: Article

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