The Short-Form Headache Impact Test (HIT-6) was psychometrically equivalent in nine languages

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1271-1278

  Martin, Marie ^a   Blaisdell, Bonnie ^a   Kwong, Jackie W ^b   Bjorner, Jakob B ^a  

^a QualityMetric Incorporated   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability due to headache; Headache impact; Health status; HIT 6; Migraine; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; PORTUGAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SLOVAKIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 11144254063     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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