Health-related quality of life in Huntington's disease patients: A comparison of proxy assessment and patient self-rating using the disease-specific Huntington's disease health-related quality of life questionnaire (HDQoL)

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1793-1800

  Hocaoglu, Mevhibe B ^a   Gaffan, E A ^a   Ho, Aileen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Huntington's disease; Huntington's disease health related quality of life questionnaire (HDQoL); Patient proxy agreement; Patient reported outcome; Proxy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 12;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84867333323     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6405-2     Document Type: Article

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