The reliability and validity of the Xhosa version of the EQ-5D

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-108

  Jelsma, Jennifer ^a   Mkoka, Siviwe ^a   Amosun, Ladele ^a   Nieuwveldt, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOBILIZATION; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; STANDARD; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0842302421     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280310001629705     Document Type: Article

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