Swahili translation and validation of the patient health questionnaire-9 depression scale in the Kenyan head and neck cancer patient population

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-381

  Omoro, S A O ^a,c   Fann, J R ^a   Weymuller, E A ^a   Macharia, I M ^b   Yueh, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c Department of ENT HNS ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Depression; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KENYA; MONITORING; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 33947491258     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/8W7Y-0TPM-JVGV-QW6M     Document Type: Article

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