The McGill pain questionnaire in Amharic: Zwai health center patients' reports on the experience of pain

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-54

  Aboud, Frances E ^b   Hiwot, Mismay G ^a   Arega, Adefris ^a   Molla, Mesfin ^a   Samson, S ^a   Seyoum, Nebyou ^a   Ressom, Shewangizaw ^a   Worku, Solomon ^a   Mulatu, Mesfin ^a   Egale, Tewedros ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTICS; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0037527710     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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