Prospective validation of the short form liver disease quality of life instrument

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1088-1101

  Kanwal, F ^a,b,g   Spiegel, B M R ^b,c,d   Hays, R D ^c,e   Durazo, F ^c   Han, S B ^c,d   Saab, S ^c   Bolus, R ^b   Kim, S J ^b   Gralnek, I M ^f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^g SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SHORT FORM OF LIVER DISEASE QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; STIGMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 53549093874     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03817.x     Document Type: Article

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