Is traditional rural lifestyle a barrier for quality of life assessment? A case study using the Short Form 36 in a rural Chinese population

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-36

  Liu, Chaojie ^a   Li, Ningxiu ^b   Ren, Xiaohui ^b   Liu, Danping ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Rural; SF 36; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHINA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149155015     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9567-y     Document Type: Article

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