Effects of method of translation of patient-reported health outcome questionnaires: A randomized study of the translation of the rheumatoid arthritis quality of life (RAQoL) instrument for Sweden

Value in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-430

  Hagell, Peter ^a   Hedin, Per Johan ^b   Meads, David M ^c   Nyberg, Lennart ^a   McKenna, Stephen P ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c GALEN RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

outcomes research; patient reported outcomes; quality of life; questionnaire development; translation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SWEDEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN; TRANSLATING;

EID: 77954301989     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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