The validation of the Chinese version of the Swallow Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (SWAL-QOL) using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis

Dysphagia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-124

  Lam, Pui Mei ^a   Lai, Claudia Kam Yuk ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia; Outcome measurements; Psychometrics; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; EATING; EATING DEISRE; EATING DURATION; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOD SELECTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SWALLOW QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; SWALLOWING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051667177     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: 14320460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-010-9272-6     Document Type: Article

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