Comparison of the measurement properties of the AQoL and SF-6D in critical illness

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-212

  Skinner, Elizabeth H ^a,b   Denehy, Linda ^b   Warrillow, Stephen ^b,c   Hawthorne, Graeme ^b  

^a Departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84887547356     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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