Testing the psychometric properties of the Participation Scale in Eastern Nepal

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-144

  Stevelink, S A M ^a   Terwee, C B ^b,c   Banstola, N ^d   Van Brakel, W H ^a,e  

^a ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Netherlands Leprosy Relief ^*  (Nepal)

^e ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability; Instrument; Participation; Psychometric properties; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872733784     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0116-8     Document Type: Article

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