Comparisons of the brief form of the world health organization quality of life and short form-36 for persons with spinal cord injuries

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-113

  Lin, Mau Roung ^a   Hwang, Hei Fen ^b   Chen, Chih Yi ^a   Chiu, Wen Ta ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Quality of Life; SF 36; Spinal Cord Injury; Taiwan; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TAIWAN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33846424251     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.phm.0000247780.64373.0e     Document Type: Article

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