A community-based study of scaling assumptions and construct validity of the English (UK) and Chinese (HK) SF-36 in Singapore

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-188

  Thumboo, J ^a   Fong, K Y ^b   Machin, D ^c   Chan, S P ^a   Leong, K H ^a   Feng, P H ^a   Thio, S T ^a   Boey, M L ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Ethnic groups; Quality of life; SF 36; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0034834301     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016701514299     Document Type: Article

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