Development and validation of the human activity profile into Chinese language: Lessons in determining equivalence

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-43

  Bonner, Ann ^a   Wellard, Sally ^b   Kenrick, Marita ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c Rehabilitation Nursing Research and Development Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity; Australia; Chinese; Instrument; Translation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; DYSPNEA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARD; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AUSTRALIA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHINA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DYSPNEA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS; TRANSLATING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33645648414     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2006.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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