Factor structure and internal consistency of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and the Subjective Vitality Scale (VS), and the relationship between them: A study from France

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Salama Younes, Mareï ^a   Montazeri, Ali ^b   Ismaïl, Amany ^a   Roncin, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^b AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SUBJECTIVE VITALITY SCALE; VALIDITY; HEALTH STATUS; INSTRUMENTATION; LANGUAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 62649119824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-7-22     Document Type: Article

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