Assessment of quality of life in lymphedema patients: Validity and reliability of the Swedish version of the Lymphedema Quality Of Life Inventory (LQOLI)

Lymphology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-145

  Klernäs, Pia ^a   Kristjanson, L J ^b   Johansson, K ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Lymphedema; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 78650316148     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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