The 36-item short form health survey: Reliability and validity in Chinese medical students

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 521-526

  Zhang, Yang ^a   Bo, Qu ^a   Lun, Shi si ^a   Guo, Ying ^a   Liu, Jie ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Medical student; Quality of life; Relia bility; The 36 item short form health survey (sf 36); Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84866554575     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.4503     Document Type: Article

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