Validity and reliability of the assessment of quality of life (AQoL)-8D multi-attribute utility instrument

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Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-96

  Richardson, Jeff ^a   Iezzi, Angelo ^a   Khan, Munir A ^a   Maxwell, Aimee ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE 8D; AUSTRALIA; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899067222     PISSN: 11781653     EISSN: 11781661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40271-013-0036-x     Document Type: Article

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