The reliability and validity of the SF-8 with a conflict-affected population in northern Uganda

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Roberts, Bayard ^a   Browne, John ^a   Ocaka, Kaducu Felix ^b   Oyok, Thomas ^a   Sondorp, Egbert ^a  

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

^b GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSON; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 8; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UGANDA; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149337089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-108     Document Type: Article

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