Initial linguistic and psychometric validation of the Arabic version of Nepean dyspepsia index

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1554-1560

  Khalil, Mohamed S ^a   Wahass, Saeed H ^a   Al Qourain, Abdul Al Aziz A ^a   Yassawy, Mohamed I ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DYSPEPSIA; FACE VALIDITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPEAN DYSPEPSIA INDEX; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 36048991729     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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