Optimizing the design of visual analogue scales for assessing quality of life: A semi-qualitative study among Chinese-speaking Singaporeans

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-125

  Wee, Hwee Lin ^a,b   Fong, Kok Yong ^a,c   Tse, Connie ^a   Machin, David ^d   Cheung, Yin Bun ^e   Luo, Nan ^f   Thumboo, Julian ^a,c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^d DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asians; Computers; Outcome assessment; Quality of life; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SINGAPORE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHINA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 38349078291     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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