Gender differences in health-related quality of life for veterans with serious mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 663-669

  Teh, Carrie Farmer ^a   Kilbourne, Amy M ^b,c   McCarthy, John F ^b,c   Welsh, Deborah ^b   Blow, Frederic C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; VETERAN;

EID: 49749085575     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.6.663     Document Type: Article

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