Validity of the Thai EQ-5D in an occupational population in Thailand

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1499-1506

  Kimman, Merel ^a,b   Vathesatogkit, Prin ^a,c   Woodward, Mark ^a   Tai, E Shyong ^d   Thumboo, Julian ^e   Yamwong, Sukit ^c   Ratanachaiwong, Wipa ^f   Wee, Hwee Lin ^g   Sritara, Piyamitr ^c  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand   (Thailand)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

EuroQoL 5 dimension; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Short Form 36; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICES; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; THAILAND; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; WORKPLACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84885177589     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0251-2     Document Type: Article

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