Which generic health related quality of life questionnaire should be used in older inpatients: Comparison of the Duke health profile and the MOS Short-Form SF-36?

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 325-331

  Perret Guillaume, Christine ^a,c   Briancon, S ^a,b,c   Guillemin, F ^a,b,c   Wahl, D ^d,e   Empereur, F ^a   Nguyen Thi, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c EA 4003   (France)

^d CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Generic questionnaire; Older; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUKE HEALTH PROFILE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOS SHORT FORM 36; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARDS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77951823019     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-010-0074-1     Document Type: Article

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