Reliability and validity of a Chinese version's health-related quality of life questionnaire for hepatitis B patients

Value in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-327

  Ong, Siew Chin ^a   Lim, Seng Gee ^b,c,d   Li, Shu Chuen ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease specific instrument; EQ 5D; Health related quality of life; Outcomes research; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 77149126705     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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