Statistical tests of the validity and reliability of the Greek SF-36

Archives of Hellenic Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 451-462

  Kontodimopoulos, N ^a   Fragouli, D ^a   Pappa, E ^a   Niakas, D ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Reliability; SF 36; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GREECE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SF 36 QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 7044247349     PISSN: 11053992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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