Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale: Danish adaptation and a pilot study for testing psychometric properties

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 140-147

  Muus, Ingrid ^a,c   Ringsberg, Karin C ^b  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c Esboenderup Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Measurement; Nursing; Quality of life; Stroke; Transcultural adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STROKE; SURVIVAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; EMOTION; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; SURVIVOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DENMARK; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GUIDELINES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 21844476206     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2005.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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