Quality of life assessment in HIV-infection: Validation of the European Portuguese version of WHOQOL-HIV

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-194

  Canavarro, Maria C ^a   Pereira, Marco ^b   Simões, Mário R ^a   Pintassilgo, Ana L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Portugues de Oncologia Francisco Gentil Centro Regional de Oncologia de Coimbra SA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; QOL; validation; WHOQOL HIV; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251469099     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.498870     Document Type: Article

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