Development and psychometric analysis of the Japanese version of the Nottingham Health Profile: Cross-cultural adaptation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-41

  Nishimura, Koichi ^a   Hajiro, Takashi ^b   McKenna, Stephen P ^c   Tsukino, Mitsuhiro ^d   Oga, Toru ^d   Izumi, Takateru ^d  

^a KYOTO KATSURA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c GALEN RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health status; Health related quality of life; Nottingham Health Profile; Perceived distress; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 1142287406     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.35     Document Type: Article

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