Assessing elderly persons’ health-related quality of life with the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Psychologie

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-23

  von Steinbüchel, Nicole ^a,b,c   Lischetzke, Tanja ^b   Gurny, Madeleine ^b   Winkler, Ines ^d   Power, M ^e   Quinn, K ^e   Lucas, R ^f   Skevington, S ^g   Amir, M ^h   Kullmann, L ⁱ   Bech Anderson, G ^j   Fang, Ji Qian ^k   Hawthorne, G ^l   Angermeyer, M C ^d   Matschinger, H ^d   Kilian, R ^m   Kalfoss, M ⁿ   Dragomirecka, E ^o   Tazaki, M ^p   Eisemann, M ^q   Molzahn, A ^r   Ceremnych, J ^s   Krech, R ^t   Fleck, M ^u   Eser, E ^v   Leplege A ^w   Bushnell, D ^x   Chan, A ^y   Schwartzmann, L ^z   more..

^a Psychogeriatrie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^h BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

ⁱ National Institute for Medical Rehabilitation   (Hungary)

^j FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l University of Melburn   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^q UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^r UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^s Scientific Department of Gerontology   (Lithuania)

^t WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^u Regional University of the Northwest of the State of Rio Grande do Sul   (Brazil)

^v DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^w INSERM   (France)

^x UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^y QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^z University of Washington ^*  (Uruguay)

more..

Author keywords

Generic quality of life; Intercultural questionnaire development; Old age; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013624049     PISSN: 09405569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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