Content comparison of 115 health status measures in sleep medicine using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a reference

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-40

  Gradinger, Felix ^a   Glässel, Andrea ^a   Bentley, Alison ^b   Stucki, Armin ^c,d  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Berne Rehab Centre Heiligenschwendi   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Functioning; ICF; Measurement; Questionnaires; Sleep disorders; Systematic review; WHO

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY; EMBASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SLEEP MEDICINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP MEDICINE SPECIALTY;

EID: 78651256351     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2010.07.001     Document Type: Review

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