The venous leg ulcer quality of life (VLU-QoL) questionnaire: Development and psychometric validation

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 465-473

  Hareendran, Asha ^a   Doll, Helen ^b   Wild, Diane J ^b   Moffatt, Christine J ^c   Musgrove, Elaine ^d   Wheatley, Carolyn ^e   Franks, Peter J ^c  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b ICON PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d St James Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^e Towers Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 34447645693     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2007.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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