The Flanagan Quality of Life Scale: Evidence of construct validity

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Burckhardt, Carol S ^a   Anderson, Kathryn L ^b   Archenholtz, Brigitha ^c   Hägg, Olle ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RECREATION; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING; FACTUAL DATABASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4243156204     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-1-59     Document Type: Article

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