Development of the Japanese version of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (JFIQ): Psychometric assessments of reliability and validity

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-80

  Osada, Kenichi ^a   Oka, Hiroshi ^a   Isomura, Tatsuya ^b   Nakamura, Ikuro ^c   Tominaga, Keiichiro ^a   Takahashi, Shinobu ^d   Kojima, Ayako ^e   Nishioka, Kusuki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Clinical Study Support   (Japan)

^c Argenes Inc   (Japan)

^d Kasumigaseki Building Clinic   (Japan)

^e GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire; Japanese version; Psychometric assessment; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 36; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551695583     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2010.01585.x     Document Type: Article

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