The development and validation of the major life changing decision profile (MLCDP)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bhatti, Zaheer U ^a,b   Salek, Sam S ^a   Bolton, Charlotte E ^c,d   George, Lindsay ^e   Halcox, Julian P ^c   Jones, Sharon M ^f   Ketchell, Ian R ^e   Moore, Richard H ^f   Sabit, Ramsey ^e   Piguet, Vincent ^b   Finlay, Andrew Y ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease impact; Life course; Life decisions; Life events; Long term impact; Major life changing decision profile; Major life changing decisions; MLCD; MLCDP; Psychometric properties; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR LIFE CHANGING DECISION PROFILE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAVEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879865876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-78     Document Type: Article

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