The reliability and validity of the turkish version of the world health organizat on quality of life instrument-older adults module (WHOQOL-Old)

Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Eser, Sultan ^a   Saatli, Gül ^b   Eser, Erhan ^c   Baydur, Hakan ^b   Fidaner, Caner ^d  

^a Izmir Cancer Registry   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cultural adaptation; Older adults; Quality of life; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954550508     PISSN: 13002163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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