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The Women's Health Questionnaire (WHQ): The development, standardization and application of a measure of mid-aged women's emotional and physical health

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The development and standardization of the Women's Health Questionnaire (WHQ) is described. The questionnaire is reliable and has reasonable concurrent validity. It is sensitive to detecting change; this has been evaluated in both hormone replacement therapy studies and studies of non medical treatments. The WHQ is currently being used in a wide range of studies in Europe and North America. It is available in several European languages. Current applications include the evaluation of a health education intervention, evaluation of prospective hormone replacement therapy trials and a psychometric and cultural comparison of responses to the WHQ in several European countries.

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Hunter, M. The Women's Health Questionnaire (WHQ): The development, standardization and application of a measure of mid-aged women's emotional and physical health. Qual Life Res 9 (Suppl 1), 733–738 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008973822876

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