Measures of relative importance for health-related quality of life

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Sajobi, Tolulope T ^a   Lix, Lisa M ^a,b   Clara, Ian ^b   Walker, John ^b   Graff, Lesley A ^b   Rawsthorne, Patricia ^b   Miller, Norine ^b   Rogala, Linda ^b   Carr, Rachel ^b   Bernstein, Charles N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Health related quality of life; Inflammatory bowel disease; Logistic model; Multivariate analysis; Relative importance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84858864211     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9914-7     Document Type: Article

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