The determinants of self-reported health-related quality of life in a culturally and socially diverse South African community

The determinants of self-reported health-related quality of life in a culturally and socially diverse South African community

OBJECTIVE: To determine factors predictive of the score on the visual analogue scale (VAS) of the EQ-5D questionnaire. METHODS: The responses of 1159 residents of a socially and ethnically diverse suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, to the EQ-5D questionnaire were analysed using forward stepwise mult...

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Main Authors: Jelsma Jennifer, Ferguson Gillian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2004-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Quality of life
Health status
Health status indicators
Pain measurement
Self disclosure
Socioeconomic factors
Cultural characteristics
Regression analysis
South Africa
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004000300010

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