Validation of the asthma impact survey, a brief asthma-specific quality of life tool

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-355

  Schatz, Michael ^a   Mosen, David ^b   Kosinski, Mark ^c   Vollmer, William M ^b   O'Connor, Elizabeth ^b   Cook, E Francis ^d   Zeiger, Robert S ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c QualityMetric   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma control; Asthma impact survey; Asthma quality of life; Asthma severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846133207     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-9103-2     Document Type: Article

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