Psychometric properties of the SF-12 (Hebrew version) in a primary care population in Israel

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 918-928

  Amir, Marianne ^a   Lewin Epstein, Noah ^b   Becker, Gideon ^a   Buskila, Dan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Responsiveness; SF 12, reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 0036783176     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200210000-00009     Document Type: Article

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