Measurement equivalence across gender and education in the WHOQOL-BREF for community-dwelling elderly Taiwanese

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1375-1382

  Lin, Chung Ying ^a   Li, Yueh Ping ^b   Lin, Sang I ^c   Chen, Ching Huey ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

education; elderly; gender; Measurement equivalence invariance; WHOQOL

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PRIMARY SCHOOL; TAIWAN; DEVICES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84973866014     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610216000594     Document Type: Article

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