Reference values for the quality of life index in the general swedish population 18-80 years of age

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 751-760

  Gullberg, Mats T ^a   Hollman Frisman, Gunilla ^a   Ek, Anna Christina ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Generic quality of life; Instrument; Reference values; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956394491     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9627-3     Document Type: Article

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