Domains of quality of life: Results of a three-stage Delphi consensus procedure among patients, family of patients, clinicians, scientists and the general public

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1543-1556

  Pietersma, Suzanne ^a   De Vries, Marieke ^b   Van Den Akker Van Marle, M Elske ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Delphi technique; Quality of health care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELPHI STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84903205831     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0578-3     Document Type: Article

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