Titre :
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A challenge to the cross-cultural validity of the SF-36 health survey : factor structure in Maori, Pacific and New Zealand European ethnic groups. (2000)
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Auteurs :
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Kate-M SCOTT ;
Stephen-J HASLETT ;
Diana SARFATI ;
Martin-I Tobias ;
Ministry of Health. Wellington. NZL
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 51, n° 11, 2000)
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Pagination :
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1655-1664
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Nouvelle Zélande
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Océanie
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Surveillance épidémiologique
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Epidémiologie
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Homme
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Etat santé
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Ethnie
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Questionnaire
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Validité
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST XBdsJR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This paper reports on a principal component factor analysis of the SF-36 health status questionnaire in the three major ethnic groups in New Zealand (New Zealand Europeans, Maori and Pacific). The SF-36 is hypothesised to have a two-dimensional structure with distinct (weakly correlated) mental and physical health components, and support for this structural model has generally been found cross-nationally. However, in Maori and Pacific models of health mental and physical dimensions are not generally seen as separable, or independently functioning. This raises the possibility that the questionnaire's hypothesised structural model would not be supported among Maori and Pacific ethnic groups. This study evaluated that possibility. The results of the analysis showed a similar factor structure among New Zealand Europeans, and younger Maori (
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