Applying mixed methods to pretest the Pressure Ulcer Quality of Life (PU-QOL) instrument

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 441-451

  Gorecki, C ^a   Lamping, D L ^b   Nixon, J ^a   Brown, J M ^a   Cano, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health related Quality of Life; Mixed methods; Patient reported outcome; Pressure Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84863607047     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9980-x     Document Type: Article

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