Measurement properties of the Chinese version of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life-short form (KDQOL-SF™) in end-stage renal disease patients with poor prognosis in Singapore

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 923-932

  Cheung, Yin Bun ^a   Seow, Ying Ying ^b   Qu, Li Min ^c   Yee, Alethea Chung Pheng ^c  

^a SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; KDQOL; quality of life; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY DISEASE QUALITY OF LIFE SHORT FORM; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SINGAPORE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870486231     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.12.282     Document Type: Article

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