Tests of data quality, scaling assumptions, and reliability of the SF- 36 in eleven countries: Results from the IQOLA Project

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1149-1158

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

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^j BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^k Institute of Laboratory Medicine   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Health status indicators; Likert scales; Reliability; Scaling assumptions; SF 36 Health Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 18744433043     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00106-1     Document Type: Article

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