A two-stage translation and test the validity and reliability of a foreign instrument

Journal of Nursing

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-71

  Wu, Shu Fang ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Instruments; Questionnaires; Reliability; Translation; Validity

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NURSING RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 33644623014     PISSN: 0047262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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