Translation of the social difficulties inventory (SDI-21) into three south Asian languages and preliminary evaluation of SDI-21(Urdu)

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 431-438

  Hanif, Naheed ^a   Dharni, Nimarta ^b   Smith, Adam ^b   Chattoo, Sangeeta ^c   Velikova, Galina ^b   Bradley, Chris ^d   Stark, Dan ^b   Wright, Penny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cultural equivalence; Questionnaires; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958771183     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9756-8     Document Type: Article

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