How is an instrument for measuring health to be validated?;¿Cómo validar un instrumento de medida de la salud?

Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-72

  Carvajal, A ^a   Centeno, C ^b   Watson, R ^c   Martinez M ^b   Sanz Rubiales, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural adaptation; Psychometric aspects; Reliability; Validation; Validity

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LANGUAGE; MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 80052819892     PISSN: 11376627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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