Quality of life of Chinese urban community residents: A psychometric study of the mainland Chinese version of the WHOQOL-BREF

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Xia, Ping ^a   Li, Ningxiu ^a   Hau, Kit Tai ^b   Liu, Chaojie ^c   Lu, Yubo ^d  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862807000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-37     Document Type: Article

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