Development and psychometric evaluation of a chronic liver disease-specific quality of life questionnaire

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-238

  Lee, Eun Hyun ^a   Cheong, Jae Youn ^b   Cho, Sung Won ^b   Hahm, Ki Baik ^b   Kim, Hak Yang ^c   Park, Jong Jae ^d   Lee, Dong Ho ^e   Kim, Seong Kook ^f   Choi, Seok Reyol ^g   Lee, Soo Teik ^h   Moon, Seong Mi ^b  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University Medical CentSuwon   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^g Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Health related quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PUGH SCORING SYSTEM; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 39149105242     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05034.x     Document Type: Article

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