The Short Form 36 English and Chinese versions were equivalent in a multiethnic Asian population

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 759-767

  Tan, Maudrene L S ^a   Wee, Hwee Lin ^b,c   Lee, Jeannette ^b   Ma, Stefan ^d   Heng, Derrick ^d   Tai, E Shyong ^a,b   Thumboo, Julian ^a,c,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Economics; Equivalence; Health related quality of life; Medical; Psychometrics; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SHORT FORM 6D;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84878260123     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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