Validation of the mother-generated index in Iran: A specific postnatal quality-of-life instrument

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1371-1379

  Khabiri, Roghayeh ^a   Rashidian, Arash ^b   Montazeri, Ali ^c   Symon, Andrew ^d   Foroushani, Abbas Rahimi ^a   Arab, Mohammad ^a   Rashidi, Batoul Hosein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mother generated index; Postnatal; Quality of life; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MOTHER GENERATED INDEX; PERINATAL PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84890824668     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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