Development of short versions for the WHOQOL-OLD module

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-78

  Fang, Jiqian ^a   Power, Mick ^b   Lin, Yueqing ^a   Zhang, Jinxin ^a   Hao, Yuantao ^a   Chatterji, Somnath ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Disabilities; Evaluation; Factor analysis; Measurement; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Quantitative research Methods; Regression models

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84856431518     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr085     Document Type: Article

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