Interpretation and use of the 5-level EQ-5D response labels varied with survey language among Asians in Singapore

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1195-1204

  Luo, Nan ^a   Wang, Ye ^b   How, Choon How ^c   Tay, Ee Guan ^d   Thumboo, Julian ^e,f   Herdman, Michael ^g  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d SINGHEALTH POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^g OFFICE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; EQ 5D; Language; Measurement equivalence; Response label; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EQ 5D 5L; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SELF CARE; SINGAPORE; SINGAPOREAN; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVICES; LANGUAGE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941934726     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.04.011     Document Type: Article

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