Insufficient cross-cultural adaptations and psychometric properties for many translated health assessment scales: A systematic review

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 608-618

  Uysal Bozkir, Özgül ^a   Parlevliet, Juliette L ^a   De Rooij, Sophia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment scales; Cognitive; Cross cultural adaptation; Migrants; Psychometric properties; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC DEPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MOOD; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MIDDLE EAST; MINORITY GROUPS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURINAME; TRANSLATIONS; TURKEY;

EID: 84876895225     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.12.004     Document Type: Review

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