Use of structural equation modeling to test the construct validity of the SF-36 Health Survey in ten countries: Results from the IQOLA Project

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1179-1188

  Keller, Susan D ^a   Ware Jr , John E ^a   Bentler, Peter M ^b   Aaronson, Neil K ^c   Alonso, Jordi ^d   Apolone, Giovanni ^e   Bjorner, Jakob B ^f   Brazier, John ^g   Bullinger, Monika ^h   Kaasa, Stein ⁱ   Leplège, Alain ^j   Sullivan, Marianne ^k   Gandek, Barbara ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^j BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^k Institute of Laboratory Medicine   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Cross cultural comparison; Health status indicators; IQOLA; SF 36 Health Survey; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 18744429429     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00110-3     Document Type: Article

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