Subjective quality of life in a nationwide sample of Kuwaiti subjects using the short version of the WHO quality of life instrument

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 693-701

  Ohaeri, Jude U ^a   Awadalla, Abdel W ^b   Gado, Osama M ^a  

^a Psychological Medicine Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Arab; Depression; Kuwait; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; KUWAIT; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 68349087936     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0477-z     Document Type: Article

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