Requirements for quality of life instruments in clinical research

Value in Health

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Doward, Lynda C ^a   Meads, David M ^a   Thorsen, Hanne ^b  

^a GALEN RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Cultural equivalence; Dual panel translation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STANDARD; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 6344231646     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2004.7s104.x     Document Type: Article

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