Evaluating translations of health status questionnaires

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 525-551

  Brazier, John E ^a   Sullivan, Marianne ^b   Ware, John E ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HYPOTHESIS; LINGUISTICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ALGORITHMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 0029159747     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462300008710     Document Type: Article

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