Methods for validating and norming translations of health status questionnaires: The IQOLA Project approach

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 953-959

  Gandek, Barbara ^a   Ware Jr , John E ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Criterion validity; General population norms; Health status indicators; SF 36 Health Survey; Translations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION;

DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSLATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032212770     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00086-9     Document Type: Article

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