Validation of the WHOQOL-BREF among women following childbirth
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Validation of the WHOQOL-BREF among women following childbirth.
BACKGROUND There is increasing interest in measuring quality of life (QOL) in clinical settings and in clinical trials. None of the commonly used QOL instruments has been validated for use postnatally. AIM To assess the psychometric properties of the 26-item WHOQOL-BREF (short version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment) among women following childbirth. METHODS Usin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0004-8666,1479-828X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828x.2009.01131.x