Construction and preliminary validation of a questionnaire to assess quality of life in schizophrenic patients;Construcción y validación inicial de un cuestionario para medir calidad de vida en pacientes esquizofrénicos

Revista Chilena de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-160

  Núñez G , Daniel ^a   Acuña V , Fernando ^a   Rojas C , Germán ^b   Vogel G , Edgar H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE CHILE INACAP   (Chile)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Questionnaires; Scales; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 36348980509     PISSN: 00347388     EISSN: 07179227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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