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The philosophy of health-related quality of life translation

Abstract

Conventional translation strategies are limited because they enshrine deficiencies of the original questionnaire and do not permit modifications that reflect differences in culture and values. An alternative philosophy would require a conceptual definition of what one wanted to measure and would allow flexibility in the methods to achieve this goal. If an investigator had considerable time and resources, he or she could replicate the process …

Authors

Guyatt GH

Journal

Quality of Life Research, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 461–465

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

12 1993

DOI

10.1007/bf00422220

ISSN

0962-9343