The Iranian version of 12-item short form health survey (SF-12): Factor stucture, internal consistency and construct validity

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Montazeri, Ali ^a   Vahdaninia, Mariam ^a   Mousavi, Sayed Javad ^b   Omidvari, Speideh ^a  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; POPULATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; SOCIAL INTERACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70349664300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-341     Document Type: Article

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