Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Hungarian quality of life in depression scale.
The paper describes the adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Hungarian version of the quality of life in depression scale. The adaptation procedure involved: bilingual translation; field-testing for face and content validity; and assessment of instrument's reliability and construct validity. The new language version was shown to be well-accepted by respondents and to have excellent psychometric properties.
Viola
Reka
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University of Szeged, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Szikra u. 8, 6725 Szeged, Hungary. viola@pharm.u-szeged.hu
Lovas
Kornelia
K
Szabo
Zoltan
Z
Czenner
Zsuzsanna
Z
Meads
David M
DM
Soos
Gyongyver
G
McKenna
Stephen P
SP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003625:Data Collection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019303:Multilingualism; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011177:Postal Service; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating