The burn specific health scale-brief: Measurement invariant across European countries

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1321-1326

  Van Loey, Nancy E ^a,b   Van De Schoot, Rens ^c   Gerdin, Bengt ^e   Faber, Albertus W ^d   Sjöberg, Folke ^f,g   Willebrand, Mimmie ^e  

^a ASSOCIATION OF DUTCH BURN CENTRES   (Netherlands)

^b Departments of Clinical and Health Psychology   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burns; measurement invariance; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BURN; BURN SPECIFIC HEALTH SCALE BRIEF; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BURNS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84877064630     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31828cca84     Document Type: Article

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