What is the use? Application of the short form (SF) questionnaires for the evaluation of treatment effects.
Background: Health status has evolved as a clinical outcome measure that is of great interest in medical care. However, there is still debate about the appropriateness of scoring algorithms for the often used short form questionnaires. Therefore, our aim was to evaluate the consequences of the tradi...
| Publicado en: | Quality of Life Research Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 1225 - 1231 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Aug2013
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