Cross-language measurement equivalence of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale in systemic sclerosis: a comparison of Canadian and Dutch patients.

Increasingly, medical research involves patients who complete outcomes in different languages. This occurs in countries with more than one common language, such as Canada (French/English) or the United States (Spanish/English), as well as in international multi-centre collaborations, which are utili...

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Main Authors: Linda Kwakkenbos, Erin Arthurs, Frank H J van den Hoogen, Marie Hudson, Wim G J M van Lankveld, Murray Baron, Cornelia H M van den Ende, Brett D Thombs, Canadian Scleroderma Research Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3543260?pdf=render