Measuring asthma-specific quality of life: Structured review

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 439-457

  Apfelbacher, Christian J ^a,b   Hankins, M ^a   Stenner, P ^a   Frew, A J ^c   Smith, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Conceptual model; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; LIVING WITH ASTHMA QUESTIONNAIRE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESPIRATORY ILLNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RHINASTHMA QUESTIONNAIRE; ST GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; SYDNEY ASTHMA QOL QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79952027856     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02500.x     Document Type: Review

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