Common measure of quality of life for people with systemic sclerosis across seven European countries: A cross-sectional study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1032-1038

  Ndosi, Mwidimi ^a,b   Alcacer Pitarch, Begonya ^c,d   Allanore, Yannick ^e   Del Galdo, Francesco ^c,d   Frerix, Marc ^f   García Díaz, Sílvia ^g   Hesselstrand, Roger ^h   Kendall, Christine ^f   Matucci Cerinic, Marco ^i,j   Mueller Ladner, Ulf ^f   Sandqvist, Gunnel ^h   Torrente Segarra, Vicenç ^g   Schmeiser, Tim ^f,k   Sierakowska, Matylda ^l   Sierakowska, Justyna ^l   Sierakowski, Stanslaw ^l   Redmond, Anthony ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d Chapel Allerton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^e Institut Cochin   (France)

^f JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g Hospital General Hospitalet Moisès Broggi   (Spain)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^j CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k Krankenhaus St Josef   (Germany)

^l MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; EUROPE; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; SLEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTOR; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85055488043     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212412     Document Type: Article

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