Literature review of methods to translate health-related quality of life questionnaires for use in multinational clinical trials

Value in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 509-521

  Acquadro, Catherine ^a   Conway, Katrin ^a,b   Hareendran, Asha ^c   Aaronson, Neil ^d  

^a MAPI Research Trust   (France)

^b Mapi Research Institute   (France)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Cross cultural research; Health related quality of life; Patient reported outcomes; PRO questionnaires; Review; Translation issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL FACTOR; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 44049102537     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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