Evaluating quality of life outcomes following joint replacement: psychometric evaluation of a short form of the WHOQOL-Bref

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 51-61

  Snell, Deborah L ^a   Siegert, Richard J ^b   Surgenor, Lois J ^a   Dunn, Jennifer A ^a   Hooper, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

EUROHIS QOL 8 item index; Quality of life; Total joint replacement; WHOQOL Bref

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EUROHIS QOL 8 ITEM INDEX; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXFORD SCORE; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HIP REPLACEMENT; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84953837028     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-015-1044-1     Document Type: Article

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