Implicit self-comparisons against others could bias quality of life assessments

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1034-1039

  Fayers, Peter M ^a,b   Langston, Anne L ^c,d   Robertson, Clare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient reported outcomes; Quality of life; Reference frames; Response shift; Self rated health; Self reported health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEITIS DEFORMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548658081     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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