Is the standard SF-12 Health Survey valid and equivalent for a Chinese population?

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 539-547

  Lam, Cindy L K ^a   Tse, Eileen Y Y ^a   Gandek, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b IQOLA Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Equivalence; Health related quality of life; SF 12; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12 HEALTH SURVEY; SHORT FORM 36; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 17744371640     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-0704-3     Document Type: Article

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