Development and validation of the general module of the system of quality of life instruments for chronic diseases and its comparison with SF-36

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-104

  Wan, Chonghua ^a   Tu, Xin ^b   Messing, Susan ^b   Li, Xiaomei ^c   Yang, Zheng ^a   Zhao, Xudong ^e   Gao, Li ^c,d   Yang, Yuping ^c   Pan, Jiahua ^c   Zhou, Zengfen ^c  

^a GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d The Central Hospital of Tai'an   (China)

^e TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; quality of life; SF 36 ; standardized response mean; structural equation model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR PULMONALE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; IRRITABLE COLON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PEPTIC ULCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM OF QUALITY OF LIFE INSTRUMENTS FOR CHRONIC DISEASESD GENERAL MODULE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79960139999     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.09.024     Document Type: Article

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