Development of the Japanese 15D instrument of health-related quality of life: verification of reliability and validity among elderly people.

OBJECTIVE: The 15D is a self-administered questionnaire for assessment of health-related quality of life, which contains 15 questions with 5 response options each. This study was conducted to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Japanese 15D. METHODS: The subjects were 430 community-dwelling...

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Main Authors: Nozomi Okamoto, Akinori Hisashige, Yuu Tanaka, Norio Kurumatani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3627920?pdf=render