Modelling variability of quality of life scores: A study of questionnaire version and bilingualism

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 897-906

  Cheung, Y B ^a   Thumboo, J ^b   Machin, D ^a,c   Feng, P H ^b   Boey, M L ^d   Thio, S T ^b   Fong, K Y ^b  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^d MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Heteroscedasticity; Multi lingualism; Quality of life; Relative efficiency; Sample size; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; THEORETICAL MODEL; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 3242662748     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000025588.68920.55     Document Type: Article

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