The factor structure of the SF-36 Health Survey in 10 countries: Results from the IQOLA Project

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1159-1165

  Ware Jr , John E ^a   Kosinski, Mark ^a   Gandek, Barbara ^a   Aaronson, Neil K ^b   Apolone, Giovanni ^c   Bech, Per ^d   Brazier, John ^e   Bullinger, Monika ^f   Kaasa, Stein ^g   Leplège, Alain ^h   Prieto, Luis ⁱ   Sullivan, Marianne ^j  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d FREDERIKSBORG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^g NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^h BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^j Institute of Laboratory Medicine   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Construct validity; Cross cultural comparisons; Factor analysis; Health status indicators; SF 36 Health Survey; Translations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032212781     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00107-3     Document Type: Article

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