Health and role functioning: The use of focus groups in the development of an item bank

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-123

  Anatchkova, Milena D ^a   Bjorner, Jakob B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c QualityMetric Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus group; Life span; Role functioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHODE ISLAND; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149139895     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9570-3     Document Type: Article

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