Psychometric evaluation of health related quality of life among rural-to-urban migrants in China

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Peigang ^a   Chen, Cen ^b   Yang, Ronghua ^c   Wu, Yan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese migrants; Health related quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KNOWN GROUP METHOD; MALE; MENTAL COMPONENT SUMMARY; MIGRANT; PHYSICAL COMPONENT SUMMARY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SPLIT HALF CORRELATION; THETA COEFFICIENT; URBAN AREA; VALIDITY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960204959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0350-1     Document Type: Article

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