Validation of the Chinese version of the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Revision 4 (SQLS-R4) in Taiwanese patients with schizophrenia

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1533-1538

  Kuo, Po Ju ^a   Chen Sea, Mei Jin ^b   Lu, Ru Band ^b   Chung, Ming Shun ^a   Kuo, Chien Cheng ^a   Huang, Wei Che ^c   Ma, Hui Ing ^b  

^a Jianan Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAINAN SIN LAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Reliability; Schizophrenia; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE REVISION 4; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TAIWAN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TAIWAN; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 35248888403     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9262-9     Document Type: Article

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