Item reduction of the voice handicap index based on the original version and on european translations

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-48

  Nawka, Tadeus ^a,j   Verdonck De Leeuw, I M ^b   De Bodt, M ^c   Guimaraes, I ^d   Holmberg, E B ^e   Rosen, C A ^f   Schindler, A ^g   Woisard, V ^h   Whurr, R ⁱ   Konerding, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Escuela Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão   (Portugal)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h SERVICE DE PNEUMOLOGIE   (France)

ⁱ NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^j Phoniatrics and Paedaudiology   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Factor analysis; International short scale; Item reduction; Voice Handicap Index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITALY; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SWEDEN; VOICE HANDICAP INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATING; VOICE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59549093566     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000200767     Document Type: Article

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