Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Hungarian quality of life in depression scale

European Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-52

  Viola, Reka ^a   Lovas, Kornelia ^b   Szabo, Zoltan ^c   Czenner, Zsuzsanna ^b   Meads, David M ^d   Soos, Gyongyver ^a   McKenna, Stephen P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d GALEN RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural adaptation; Depression; QLDS; Quality of life; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN DEPRESSION SCALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTAL SERVICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATING;

EID: 39149117681     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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