A Kiswahili version of the SF-36 Health Survey for use in Tanzania: Translation and tests of scaling assumptions

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 101-110

  Wagner, A K ^a   Wyss, K ^b   Gandek, B ^a   Kilima, P M ^c   Lorenz, S ^b   Whiting, D ^d  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Health status; International; IQOLA; Kiswahili; Psychometric properties; SF 36 Health Survey; Tanzania, questionnaire translation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TANZANIA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0032790651     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026441415079     Document Type: Article

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