Translation, adaptation, and validation of the SF-36 Health Survey for use in Japan

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1037-1044

  Fukuhara, Shunichi ^a   Bito, Seiji ^b   Green, Joseph ^c   Hsiao, Amy ^d   Kurokawa, Kiyoshi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; JAPAN; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 0032211622     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00095-X     Document Type: Article

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