Translation and cultural adaptation of a mental health outcome measure: The BASIS-R©

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-49

  Cortés, Dharma E ^a,b   Gerena, Mariana ^c   Canino, Glorisa ^d   Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio ^e   Febo, Vivian ^d   Magaña, Cristina ^e   Soto, Jesús ^d   Eisen, Susan V ^f,g  

^a Cambridge Health Alliance ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale Revised; Mental health outcome; Spanish version; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847285488     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-006-9043-x     Document Type: Article

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