Cultural issues in using the SF-36 health survey in Asia: Results from Taiwan

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Tseng, Hsu Min ^a   Lu, Jui Fen Rachel ^a   Gandek, Barbara ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Health Assessment Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TAIWAN; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUNTEER; ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; TRANSLATIONS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 4243140529     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-1-72     Document Type: Article

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