The reliability and validity of the short version of the WHO Quality of Life Instrument in an Arab general population

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-104

  Ohaeri, Jude U ^a   Awadalla, Abdel W ^b  

^a Psychological Medicine Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INSTRUMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; KUWAIT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 68949143203     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.51790     Document Type: Article

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