Assessing health-related quality of life in NeuroAIDS: Some psychometric properties of the Neurological Quality of Life Questionnaire (NeuroQOL)

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 416-423

  Robertson, Kevin R ^a   Parsons, Thomas D ^a   Rogers, Steven A ^b   Braaten, Alyssa J ^a   Robertson, Wendy T ^a   Wilson, Susan ^a   Hall, Colin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; NeuroAids; Neurology; Neuropsychology; Quality of life; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CONSENSUAL VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33947392073     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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