Interpreting and evaluating the CASP-19 quality of life measure in older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 612-617

  Howel, Denise ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anchor based methods; longitudinal studies; Discriminatory power; Elderly; Older persons; Quality of life; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL AUTONOMY SELF REALIZATION PLEASURE RATING SCALE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84865572633     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs023     Document Type: Article

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