An international quality of life instrument to assess wellbeing in adults who are HIV-positive: A short form of the WHOQOL-HIV (31 items)

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 452-460

  O'Connell, Kathryn Ann ^a   Skevington, Suzanne M ^b  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; HIV; Quality of life; Short form; WHOQOL HIV BREF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84859703463     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9863-0     Document Type: Article

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