A comprehensive systematic review of the development process of 104 patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for physical activity in chronically ill and elderly people

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Frei, Anja ^a   Williams, Kate ^b   Vetsch, Anders ^a   Dobbels, Fabienne ^c   Jacobs, Laura ^c   Rüdell, Katja ^b   Puhan, Milo A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME INSTRUMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84859009926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-116     Document Type: Article

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