Assessing health status and quality of life of Q-fever patients: The Nijmegen Clinical Screening Instrument versus the Short Form 36

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  van Loenhout, Joris A F ^a   Paget, W John ^a,b   Sandker, Gerwin W ^a   Hautvast, Jeannine L A ^a   van der Velden, Koos ^a   Vercoulen, Jan H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Health status; Q fever; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NIJMEGEN CLINICAL SCREENING INSTRUMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; Q FEVER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; Q FEVER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84879801021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-112     Document Type: Article

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