Developing methods for assessing quality of life in different cultural settings - The history of the WHOQOL instruments

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Skevington, Suzanne M ^a   Sartorius, Norman ^b,n   Amir, Marianne ^c   Orley, J ⁿ   Kuyken, Willem ⁿ   Power, Mick ⁿ   Herrman, Helen ^d   Schofield, H ^d   Murphy, B ^d   Metelko, Z ^e   Szabo, S ^e   Pibernik Okanovic, M ^e   Quemada, N ^f   Caria, A ^f   Rajkumar, S ^g   Kumar, Shuba ^g   Saxena, S ^h   Baron, D ^c   Amir, M ^c   Tazaki, Miyako ⁱ   Noji, Ariko ^j   van Heck, G ^k   de Vries, J ^k   Arroyo Sucre, J ^l   Pichard Ami, A ^l   Kabanov, M ^m   Lomachenkov, A ^m   Burkovsky, G ^m   Carrasco, R Lucas ⁿ   Bodharamik, Yooth ^o   Meesapya, Kitikorn ^o   Patrick, D ^p   Martin, M ^p   Wild, D ^p   Acuda, W ^q   Mutambirwa, J ^q   Aaronson, N K ⁿ   Bech, P ⁿ   Bullinger, M ⁿ   Chen, He Nian ⁿ   Fox Rushby, J ⁿ   Moinpur, C ⁿ   Rosser, R ⁿ   Buesching, D ⁿ   Bucquet, D ⁿ   Chambers, L W ⁿ   Jambon, B ⁿ   Jenkinson, C D ⁿ   De Leo, D ⁿ   Fallowfield, L ⁿ   Gerin, P ⁿ   Graham, P ⁿ   Gureje, O ⁿ   Kalumba, K ⁿ   Kerr Corea, A ⁿ   Mercier, C ⁿ   Oliver, J ⁿ   Poortinga, Y H ⁿ   Trotter, R ⁿ   van Dam, F ⁿ   more..

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^h ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

ⁱ TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^j ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^m Bekhterev St Petersburg Psychoneurological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

ⁿ Bekhterev Psychoneurological Inst ^*

^o Institute of Mental Health   (Thailand)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^q University of Zimbabwe   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Assessment; Development; Health; Quality of life; The WHOQOL

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

CULTURE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 5644245360     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0700-5     Document Type: Review

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