Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) domains most valued by urban IsiXhosa-speaking people

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-355

  Jelsma, Jennifer ^a   Mkoka, Siviwe ^a   Amosun, Seyi Ladele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental Factors; Health related quality of life; ICF framework; Underresourced areas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SOUTH AFRICA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 39149125125     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9304-3     Document Type: Article

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