Readability estimates for commonly used health-related quality of life surveys

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 889-900

  Paz, Sylvia H ^a   Liu, Honghu ^b   Fongwa, Marie N ^c   Morales, Leo S ^b   Hays, Ron D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Health related quality of life; Readability; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE-5 DIMENSIONAL; HEALTH AND ACTIVITIES LIMITATIONS INDEX; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH UTILITIES INDEX; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MINNESOTA LIVING WITH HEART FAILURE QUESTIONNAIRE; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF WELL BEING SCALE SELF ADMINISTERED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 69249216437     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9506-y     Document Type: Article

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