An empirical comparison of the WHOQOL-BREF and the SGRQ among patients with COPD

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 793-800

  Liang, Wen Miin ^a   Chen, Jian Jung ^b   Chang, Chih Hung ^c   Chen, Hung Wei ^a   Chen, Shiah Lian ^d   Hang, Liang Wen ^e   Wang, Jung Der ^f,g  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Health related quality of life; SGRQ; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDITY; WALKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 49949152496     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9326-5     Document Type: Article

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