Validation and cross-cultural adaptation of the disease-specific questionnaire MSQOL-54 in Serbian multiple sclerosis patients sample

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1383-1387

  Pekmezovic, Tatjana ^a,b   Kisic Tepavcevic, Darija ^a   Kostic, Jelena ^b   Drulovic, Jelena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

MSQoL 54; Multiple sclerosis; Quality of life; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 34648822320     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9234-0     Document Type: Article

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