Construct validity of the Assessment of Quality of Life - 6D (AQoL-6D) in community samples

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Allen, Joanne ^a   Inder, Kerry J ^a,b   Lewin, Terry J ^a   Attia, John R ^b,c   Kelly, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE 6D; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84876073128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-61     Document Type: Article

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