Reliability and validity of the malay version of the health-related quality of life instrument in a malaysian population

BJU International

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-40

  Quek, K F ^a   Chua, C B ^a   Low, W Y ^a   Razack, A H ^a   Loh, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b Sunway Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cronbach's ; Health related quality of life; Internal consistency; Intra class correlation; Test retest reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0036064947     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02786.x     Document Type: Article

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