Validating and norming of the Greek SF-36 Health Survey

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1433-1438

  Pappa, Evelina ^a   Kontodimopoulos, Nick ^a   Niakas, Dimitris ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Multitrait scaling; Normative data; Quality of life; Reliability; SF 36; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX ROLE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 21244440723     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-6014-y     Document Type: Article

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