Cross-cultural validation of the London handicap scale and comparison of handicap perception between Chinese and UK populations

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 544-548

  Lo, Raymond See Kit ^a   Kwok, Timothy Chi Yui ^b   Cheng, Joanna Oi Yue ^a   Yang, Hui ^b   Yuan, Hong Jiang ^c   Harwood, Rowan ^d   Woo, Jean ^b  

^a SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Chinese; Cross cultural comparison; Elderly; Handicapped; London Handicap Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35048832764     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm052     Document Type: Article

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