Open AccessHealth-related quality of life in dialysis patients. A report from an Italian study using the SF-36 health survey
Author(s) -
G. Mingardi
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/14.6.1503
Subject(s) - medicine , cronbach's alpha , quality of life (healthcare) , reliability (semiconductor) , clinical psychology , psychometrics , test (biology) , sf 36 , physical therapy , disease , health related quality of life , nursing , quantum mechanics , biology , paleontology , physics , power (physics)
Interest in measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has increased together with an awareness that such humanistic outcomes require valid and reliable measures. In the last decade short, simple and multidimensional generic and disease-specific questionnaires have been developed. Among the several generic questionnaires available, the Short Form 36 Items Health Survey (SF-36) was translated and validated in several languages, and applied to different settings and diseases.
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