Translation, cultural adaptation, initial reliability, and validation of Turkish 15D's version: A generic health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instrument

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-66

  Akinci, Fevzi ^a   Yildirim, Aysegul ^b   Ogutman, Betul ^b   Ates, Metin ^b   Gozu, Hulya ^b   Deyneli, Oguzhan ^b   Aydar, Sevinc ^c   Isci, Emre ^b   Balcioglu, Levent ^b   Sayhan, Osman Ziya ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Health related quality of life (HRQoL); Nottingham Health Profile (NHP); Turkish version of 15D; Type 2 diabetes; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 13444272942     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278704273078     Document Type: Article

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