COMPARABILITY OF INTERVIEW AND SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY-TUBERCULOSIS (FACIT-TB) INSTRUMENT IN IRAQI PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS
Author(s)
Dujaili JA1, Syed Sulaiman SA1, Hassali MA2, Blebil AQ3, Awaisu A4, Bredle JM5
1Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Malaysia, 2Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 3UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, 5FACITtrans, Elmhurst, IL, USA
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the extent to which two different modes of administration (interview by a trained interviewer versus self-administration) yielded a comparable estimate of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients. METHODS: The study was conducted between September 1st
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-11, ISPOR Europe 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 7 (November 2014)
Code
PRM167
Topic
Methodological & Statistical Research
Topic Subcategory
PRO & Related Methods
Disease
Infectious Disease (non-vaccine)