Validation of the Chinese version of the Walking Impairment Questionnaire in patients with both peripheral arterial disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Jie Wang, ^a   Yan Cui, ^b   Bian, Rong Wen ^a   Mo, Yong Zhen ^a   Haidi Wu, ^a   Ling Chen, ^a  

^a Jiangsu Province Official Hospital   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Peripheral arterial disease; type 2 diabetes mellitus; validation study; walking impairment questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING IMPAIRMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 79251627795     PISSN: 14791641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479164110396743     Document Type: Article

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