Short form-36 and World Health Organization quality of life-brief version: Which one should be chosen for community-dwelling elders in South Taiwan?

Primary Care and Community Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 168-176

  Sun, Wen Jung ^a,b   Chi, Lin Yang ^a   Jen, I An ^a   Tsai, Yih Jian ^c   Chou, Tsau Mau ^d   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Hunei Health Station   (Taiwan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community dwelling elders; Quality of life; SF 36 VI; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951715716     PISSN: 17468841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17468840802248775     Document Type: Article

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