Cross-cultural adaptation of the systemic lupus erythematosus quality of life questionnaire into Chinese

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 980-985

  Kok, Ooi Kong ^a   Hsu, Juang Ho ^a   Hwee, Siew Howe ^a   Thong, Bernard Yu Hor ^a   Tsui, Yee Lian ^a   Hiok, Hee Chng ^a   Khai, Pang Leong ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; Cross cultural adaptation; Quality of life; SLEQOL; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSENSUS; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34547767481     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22911     Document Type: Article

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