Journal article
Item reduction and validation of the Chinese version of diabetes quality-of-life measure (DQOL)
Abstract
BackgroundThe Diabetes Quality-of-Life (DQOL) Measure is a 46-item diabetes-specific quality of life instrument. The original English version of the DQOL has been translated into Chinese after cultural adaption, and the Chinese DQOL has been validated in the Chinese diabetic patient population and used in diabetes-related studies. There are two recognized problems with the Chinese DQOL: 1) the instrument is too long, and 2) the non-response …
Authors
Jin X; Liu GG; Gerstein HC; Levine MAH; Steeves K; Guan H; Li H; Xie F
Journal
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol. 16, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2018
DOI
10.1186/s12955-018-0905-z
ISSN
1477-7525