Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Worry Scale

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-265

  Shiu, Ann Tak Ying ^a,c   Wong, Rebecca Yee Man ^b  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hong Kong Chinese diabetic patients; Public health nurses; Reliability and validity; Shared care program; Worry about hypoglycemia

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CARE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; CHINA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 3042653505     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2004.21308.x     Document Type: Article

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