Measurement invariance of the kidney disease and quality of life instrument (KDQOL-SF) across Veterans and non-Veterans

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Saban, Karen L ^a,b   Bryant, Fred B ^b   Reda, Domenic J ^c   Stroupe, Kevin T ^a,d,e   Hynes, Denise M ^a,d,f  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center   (United States)

^d Veterans Affairs Information Resource Center   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; VETERAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COST OF ILLNESS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 77958144706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-120     Document Type: Article

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