Validity of the Dutch version of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis assessment questionnaire, ALSAQ-40, ALSAQ-5

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 96-100

  Maessen, Maud ^a,b   Post, Marcel W ^b,c   Maillé, Rianne ^a   Lindeman, Eline ^a,b,c   Mooij, Rob ^a,b   Veldink, Jan H ^a,b   Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Center De Hoogstraat Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ALSAQ 40; ALSAQ 5; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Health status; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE 40; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE 5; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FACE VALIDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ALGORITHMS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247212909     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960601012541     Document Type: Article

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