Validity of the Brazilian version of WHOQOL-BREF in depressed patients using Rasch modelling;Validade da versão brasileira do WHOQOL-BREF em pacientes deprimidos usando o modelo de Rasch

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-153

  da Rocha, Neusa Sica ^a,b   de Almeida Fleck, Marcelo Pio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Depression; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Translations; Validation studies; World health organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67649402419     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102009000100019     Document Type: Article

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