Psychometric properties of the korean short form-36 health survey version 2 for assessing the general population

Asian Nursing Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 61-66

  Kim, Seon Ha ^a   Jo, Min Woo ^b   Lee, Sang Il ^b  

^a Eulji University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Population; Quality of life; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KOREA; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX RATIO; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84901855310     PISSN: 19761317     EISSN: 20937482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anr.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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