Development and Psychometric Properties of a Tuberculosis-Specific Multidimensional Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measure for Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Value in Health Regional Issues

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-59

  Abdulelah, Juman ^a,b   Sulaiman, Syed Azhar Syed ^b   Hassali, Mohamed A ^b   Blebil, Ali Q ^c   Awaisu, Ahmed ^d   Bredle, Jason M ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^d QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^e FACITorg Translations   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease specific instrument; FACT G; Health related quality of life; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Social stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAQ; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84929073471     PISSN: 22121099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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