Quality of Life Measurements in Eating Disorders, Angina, and Transplant Candidates: Are They Comparable?
- 1 August 1994
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
- Vol. 87 (8) , 441-444
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014107689408700804
Abstract
The measurement of health-related quality of life has attracted much attention and is now a component of most big clinical trials. As we evaluate and choose between treatments and make judgements about priorities in health care, it is important that the equivalent data are available for different patient groups.Keywords
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