Construct validity for the Health Utilities Index in a sleep center

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-303

  Welch, Kevin C ^a   Scharf, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional Outcomes of Sleepiness Questionnaire; Health Utilities Index; Qualityof life; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH UTILITIES INDEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 35748963830     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-007-0111-4     Document Type: Article

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