Validation of the translation and cross-cultural adaptation into Finnish of the Abdominal Symptom Questionnaire, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Complaint Score Questionnaire

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1201-1208

  Aro, Pertti ^a   Ronkainen, J ^b   Storskrubb, T ^b   Bolling Sternevald, E ^b   Svardsudd K ^b   Talley, N J ^b   Junghard, O ^b   Johansson, S E ^b   Wiklund, I ^b   Agreus L ^b  

^a Primary Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Dyspepsia; Gastro oesophageal reflux; Irritable bowel syndrome; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Reliability; Reproducibility of results; Validity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DYSPEPSIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FINLAND; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SWEDEN; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCULTURATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 10644269172     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520410008132     Document Type: Article

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