Frequency vs. intensity: which should be used as anchors for self-report instruments?

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Krabbe, Julia ^a   Forkmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

EID: 84865639355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-107     Document Type: Article

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