Most of the Quality of Life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST) psychometric properties resulted in satisfactory values

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 767-773

  Martínez Martín, Pablo ^a   Jiménez Jiménez, Félix Javier ^b   Carroza García, Esmeralda ^a   Alonso Navarro, Hortensia ^c   Rubio, Lluisa ^d   Calleja, Patricia ^e   Díaz Sánchez, María ^e   Benito León, Julián ^e  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^b Hospital Universitario del Sureste de Madrid   (Spain)

^c La Mancha Centro General Hospital   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Essential tremor questionnaire; Health related quality of life; Psychometric attributes; QUEST; Validation

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN ESSENTIAL TREMOR QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952522509     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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