Translating the insomnia severity index into Arabic

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-53

  Suleiman, Khaled H ^a   Yates, Bernice C ^b  

^a AL ZAYTOONAH UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabic; Back translation; Insomnia; ISI; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MIDDLE EAST; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 79951822600     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01374.x     Document Type: Article

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