Methods to document semantic equivalence of a translated scale

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-73

  Beck, Cheryl Tatano ^a   Bernal, Henrietta ^a   Froman, Robin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic; Instrument translation; Postpartum depression; Semantic equivalence

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTHER; NURSE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEMANTICS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037318320     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10066     Document Type: Review

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