Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of Quality of Life Index

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 604-610

  Halabi, Jehad O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arabic translation; Instrument validation; Nursing; Quality of Life Index; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARD;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 33747103030     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03952_1.x     Document Type: Article

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