Development of a specific health-related quality of life test in drug abusers using the rasch rating scale model

European Addiction Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-70

  Lozano Rojas, O M ^a   Rojas Tejada, A J ^b   Perez Melendez C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drug abusers; Health related quality of life; Rasch models; Rating scale model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; ORIENTATION; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASCH ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 58149355942     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189784     Document Type: Article

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