A measure of positive health-related quality of life: the Satisfaction with Illness Scale.

M. E. Hyland; C. A. Kenyon

doi:10.2466/pr0.1992.71.3f.1137

A measure of positive health-related quality of life: the Satisfaction with Illness Scale.

M. E. Hyland^*, C. A. Kenyon

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Psychology

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Abstract

The Satisfaction with Illness Scale measures the extent to which chronic or acute physical illness has had positive consequences for patients. In a sample of 52 persons with chronic bronchitis, the scale was shown to have good internal consistency and to correlate .42 with another scale of positive life satisfaction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1137-1138
Number of pages	0
Journal	Psychol Rep
Volume	71
Issue number	0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1992.71.3f.1137
Publication status	Published - Dec 1992

Keywords

Humans
Lung Diseases
Obstructive
Personal Satisfaction
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Quality of Life

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A measure of positive health-related quality of life: the Satisfaction with Illness Scale.

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