Is the SF-12 version 2 health survey a valid and equivalent substitute for the SF-36 version 2 health survey for the chinese?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 200-208

  Lam, Elegance T P ^a   Lam, Cindy L K ^b   Fong, Daniel Y T ^a   Huang, Wen Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b University of Hong Kong ^*

Author keywords

Chinese; equivalence; health related quality of life; SF 12; SF 36; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36; TELECONSULTATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872977271     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01800.x     Document Type: Review

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