Validity of the mental health subscale of the SF-36 in persons with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 707-710

  Van Leeuwen, C M C ^a,b   Van Der Woude, L H V ^c   Post, M W M ^a,b  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

depressed mood; mental health; psychometrics; spinal cord injury; validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIVERGENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SUBSCALE; MOOD; NEUROSIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 36; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866497992     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.33     Document Type: Article

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