Responsiveness of generic and disease-specific health-related quality of life instruments to venous ulcer healing

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-30

  Jull, Andrew ^a   Parag, Varsha ^a   Walker, Natalie ^a   Rodgers, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; ULCER HEALING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 74549200811     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2009.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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