The psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the SF-36 health survey in patients with myocardial infarction in mainland China

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1525-1531

  Wang, Wenru ^a,b   Lopez, Violeta ^b   Ying, Chair Sek ^b   Thompson, David R ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Cross cultural; Myocardial infarction; SF 36; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX ROLE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750955260     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-0012-1     Document Type: Article

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