Validation of the WHOQOL-BREF among women following childbirth

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-137

  Webster, Joan ^a,b,c,d   Nicholas, Catherine ^a   Velacott, Catherine ^a   Cridland, Noelle ^a   Fawcett, Lisa ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Depression; Postpartum period; Quality of life; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MOTHER; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERIUM; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950900236     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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