Scaling the Spanish version of the Nottingham Health Profile: Evidence of limited value of item weights

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-38

  Prieto, L ^a   Alonso, J ^a,b   Viladrich, M C ^a   Anto J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Dept Epidemiologia i Salut Pub ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Health status; Nottingham Health Profile; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030000450     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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