Cross-validation of item selection and scoring for the SF-12 Health Survey in nine countries: Results from the IQOLA Project

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1171-1178

  Gandek, Barbara ^a   Ware, John E ^a   Aaronson, Neil K ^b   Apolone, Giovanni ^c   Bjorner, Jakob B ^d   Brazier, John E ^e   Bullinger, Monika ^f   Kaasa, Stein ^g   Leplege, Alain ^h   Prieto, Luis ⁱ   Sullivan, Marianne ^j  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^g NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^h BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^j Institute of Laboratory Medicine   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Construct validity; Cross cultural comparisons; Health status indicators; SF 12 Health Survey; SF 36 Health Survey; Translations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 18744436804     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00109-7     Document Type: Article

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