A measure for quality of life assessment in chronic pain: Preliminary properties of the WHOQOL-pain

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-173

  Mason, V L ^a,b   Skevington, S M ^a   Osborn, M ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity; WHOQOL 100; WHOQOL pain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949238097     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-008-9187-y     Document Type: Article

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