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Studies

Janz et al. (2001): study US Michigan 1996

Publication

Author(s):
Janz, N.; Dodge, J.A.; Janevic, M.R.
Title:
Factors Influencing Quality of Life in Older Women With Heart Disease.
Source:
Medical Care, 2001, V ol. 39, 588 - 598 ,

Investigation

Public
Medical Patients, Michigan, United States, followed 1 year, 199?
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 570
Non Response
52%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How have things been going for you during the past 4 weeks?
4  very well
3  pretty good
3  good and bad parts about equal
2  pretty bad
1  bad
Classification:
O-QOL-cm-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Overall quality of life
Page in publication:
591
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.84 -
SD:
1.08 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Biological and physiological dimensions