Development and validation of a quality of life instrument for Kashin-Beck disease: An endemic osteoarthritis in China

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 630-637

  Fang, H ^a   Guo, X ^a   Farooq, U ^a   Xia, C ^a   Dong, R ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Kashin Beck disease; Osteoarthritis; Quality of life; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KASHIN BECK DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHINA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; KASHIN-BECK DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84862123236     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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