Measuring quality of life in older people: Reliability and validity of WHOQOL-OLD

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 162-167

  Peel, Nancye M ^a   Bartlett, Helen P ^a   Marshall, Alison L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Measurement scales; Older age; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549085633     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2007.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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