Development and validation of the Chinese Quality of Life Instrument

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Leung, Kwok Fai ^a   Liu, Feng Bin ^b   Zhao, Li ^c   Fang, Ji Qian ^d   Chan, Kelvin ^c   Lin, Li Zhu ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Psychometric properties; Quality of life; Self reported health status; Structure fitness; The Chinese Quality of Life instrument; Theory driven approach; Validation; Ying yang

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INSTRUMENTATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EVALUATION; SEMANTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEMANTICS;

EID: 27344454638     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-26     Document Type: Article

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