Psychometric evaluation of hearing specific self-report measures and their associations with psychosocial and demographic variables

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 188-199

  Öberg, Marie ^a,d   Lunner, Thomas ^a,b   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b OTICON A S   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Participation restriction; Satisfaction; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

EID: 35148875151     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860701560214     Document Type: Article

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