Validation of the first quality-of-life measurement for patients with Huntington's disease: The Huntington quality of life instrument

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 208-214

  Clay, Emilie ^d   De Nicola, Annunziata ^a   Dorey, Julie ^e   Squitieri, Ferdinando ^a   Aballéa, Samuel ^e   Martino, Tiziana ^a   Tedroff, Joakim ^b   Zielonka, Daniel ^c   Auquier, Pascal ^d   Verny, Christophe ^f   Toumi, Mondher ^g  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b NeuroSearch   (Sweden)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e CREATIV CEUTICAL   (France)

^f ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

disease burden; health related quality of life; Huntingtona's disease; specific instrument; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE INTRUMENT; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIALIZATION;

FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84862122854     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: 14735857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YIC.0b013e3283534fa9     Document Type: Article

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