Feasibility, validity and reliability of the Welsh version of the EQ-5D health status questionnaire

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1419-1423

  Hughes, Dyfrig A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EuroQol EQ 5D; Health status measurement; Health survey; Quality of life; Welsh

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALES;

EID: 34648816103     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9238-9     Document Type: Article

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