Psychometric and factor analytic evaluation of the 15D health-related quality of life instrument: The case of Greece

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1973-1986

  Anagnostopoulos, Fotios ^a   Yfantopoulos, John ^b   Moustaki, Irini ^c   Niakas, Dimitris ^d  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

15D; Factor analysis; Health related quality of life; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889081974     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0348-2     Document Type: Article

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