Evaluation of new measures of the impact of hypothyroidism on quality of life and symptoms: The ThyDQoL and ThySRQ

Value in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-294

  McMillan, Carolyn ^a   Bradley, Clare ^a   Razvi, Salman ^b,c   Weaver, Jolanta ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Symptoms; Validation

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HAIR DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 41549118012     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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