Measuring health-related quality of life in adolescents and young adults: Swedish normative data for the SF-36 and the HADS, and the influence of age, gender, and method of administration.

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Published in Health Qual Life Outcomes on December 01, 2006

Authors

Anna Jörngården1, Lena Wettergen, Louise von Essen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Psychosocial Oncology, Uppsala University, Uppsala Science Park, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 10 B, S-751 83 Uppsala, Sweden. anna.jorngarden@pubcare.uu.se

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