Single-change items did not measure change in quality of life

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 603-608

  Rose, Adam J ^a,b,c   Sacks, Naomi C ^a   Deshpande, Abhijit P ^a   Griffin, Shanta Y ^a   Cabral, Howard J ^a   Kazis, Lewis E ^a,b,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Boston University Medical Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Change in health status; Global health status; Health services; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; VALIDITY; VETERAN; VETERANS RAND 36 ITEM HEALTH SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VETERANS;

EID: 42749094662     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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