Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the English version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) for use in Malaysia

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 329-336

  Lim, T O ^a   Das, A ^a   Rampal, S ^a   Zaki, M ^a   Sahabudin, R M ^a   Rohan, M J ^b   Isaacs, S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b Hospital Selayang   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural adaptation; Diagnostic test; Erectile function; Questionnaire; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; MALAYSIA; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; LANGUAGE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 0242499499     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901009     Document Type: Article

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