Measuring grief and loss after spinal cord injury: Development, validation and psychometric characteristics of the SCI-QOL grief and loss item bank and short form

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 347-355

  Kalpakjian, Claire Z ^a   Tulsky, David S ^b,c   Kisala, Pamela A ^b   Bombardier, Charles H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grief; Patient outcomes assessment; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDATION PROCESS; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84941211966     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772315Y.0000000015     Document Type: Article

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