title: Response to Linguistic and psychometric validation of the Malaysian version of Diabetes Quality of Life-Brief Clinical Inventory (DQoL-BCI): Methodological issues to avoid misinterpretation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Collaborative Drug Discovery Research (CDDR) Group, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Community of Research, UiTM, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Electronic address: chinfenneoh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Chin Fen
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Neoh
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Syamimi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Samah
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, UiTM, Bertam Campus, 12300 Kepala Batas, Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Yuet Yen
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11000 Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Mohamed Azmi
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hassali
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11000 Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Asrul Akmal
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Shafie
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Collaborative Drug Discovery Research (CDDR) Group, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Community of Research, UiTM, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Siong Meng
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Collaborative Drug Discovery Research (CDDR) Group, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Community of Research, UiTM, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Kalavathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ramasamy
authors.affiliation: Primary Care Medicine Discipline, Faculty of Medicine, UiTM, Selayang Campus, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Nafiza
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mat Nasir
authors.affiliation: Primary Care Medicine Discipline, Faculty of Medicine, UiTM, Selayang Campus, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Yung Wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Outcomes Research (SLUCOR), Saint Louis University, One North Grand, St. Louis, United States.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Burroughs
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics / Q000592:standards*; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*