Measurement invariance of the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire across African-American and Latino adult asthma patients

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-380

  Mora, Pablo A ^a,d   Contrada, Richard J ^a,b   Berkowitz, Alayna ^a   Musumeci Szabo, Tamara ^a   Wisnivesky, Juan ^c   Halm, Ethan A ^c,e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Confirmatory factor analysis; Measurement invariance; Quality of life; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASTHMA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 62349122448     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9443-9     Document Type: Article

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