Cross-cultural equivalence of a brief helplessness scale for Spanish- speaking rheumatology patients in the United States

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 341-350

  Escalante, Agustín ^a   Cardiel, Mario H ^c   Del Rincón, Inmaculada ^a   Suárez Mendoza, Aldo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c Univ Texas Hlth Sci Ctr S ^*

Author keywords

Cross cultural equivalence; Helplessness; Hispanic Americans; Psychological factors; Self assessment questionnaires; Translation of research instruments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032754222     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199910)12:5<341::aid-art6>3.0.co;2-p     Document Type: Article

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