A short measure of quality of life in older age: The performance of the brief Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL-brief)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 181-187

  Bowling, Ann ^a   Hankins, Matthew ^a   Windle, Gill ^b   Bilotta, Claudio ^c   Grant, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Measurement; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; OLDER PEOPLE QUALITY OF LIFE BRIEF QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84869491810     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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