Audit of diabetes-dependent quality of life (ADDQoL) Chinese version for Singapore questionnaire: Reliability and validity among Singaporeans with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-249

  Soon, Swee Sung ^a   Goh, Su Yen ^b   Bee, Yong Mong ^b   Poon, Jiat Ling ^a   Li, Shu Chuen ^a,c   Thumboo, Julian ^b,d   Wee, Hwee Lin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Quality of life rating scales; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIT OF DIABETES DEPENDENT QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; CHINESE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77954113013     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11791896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11313920-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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