Measurement of quality of life in schizophrenia: A comparison of two scales

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 819-823

  Kusel, Yvette ^a   Laugharne, Richard ^b   Perrington, Sian ^c   McKendrick, Jan ^d   Stephenson, Deborah ^d   Stockton Henderson, J ^e   Barley, Madeline ^f   McCaul, R ^g   Burns, Tom ^h  

^a ST CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IQVIA   (United States)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^e Crichton Royal Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 34748832340     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0249-1     Document Type: Article

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