Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised for patients with hypertension

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 524-534

  Chen, Shiah Lian ^a,b   Tsai, Jen Chen ^c   Lee, Wen Lieng ^d,e  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese version; Confirmatory factor analysis; Hypertension; Illness Perception Questionnaire Revised; Instrument validation; Nursing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 56049121475     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04808.x     Document Type: Article

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