Comparing a disease-specific and a generic health-related quality of life instrument in subjects with asthma from the general population

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Puhan, Milo A ^a   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^b   Bridevaux, Pierre Olivier ^b   Schindler, Christian ^c   Ackermann Liebrich, Ursula ^c   Rochat, Thierry ^b   Gerbase, Margaret W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 36; SWITZERLAND; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; INSTRUMENTATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 42049119618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-15     Document Type: Article

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