Significance of measuring the quality of life in health evaluation

• Published in: Methods of information in medicine Vol. 39; no. 3; p. 213
• Main Authors: Iida, N, Koyama, W, Kohashi, N, Hayashi, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.08.2000
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Analysis of Variance; Female; Health Services Research - methods; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Quality of Life; Reproducibility of Results; Surveys and Questionnaires

To evaluate the QUIK-R, a revised self-completed questionnaire for the quality of life (QOL), and to clarify the significance of measuring QOL in health evaluations, the results of 1,017 office workers were analyzed. The QUIK-R showed a high reliability and a high validity. There were significant co...