Developing a culturally valid and reliable quality of life questionnaire for diabetes mellitus

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-185

  Alavi, N M ^a,b   Ghofranipour, F ^b   Ahmadi, F ^b   Emami, A ^c,d  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIET THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRAN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRURITUS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PRURITUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34347347335     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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