Are symbols useful and culturally acceptable in health-state valuation studies? An exploratory study in a multi-ethnic Asian population | Zendy

Hwee Lin Wee | Zendy; Shu-Chuen Li | Zendy; Xuhao Zhang | Zendy; Feng Xie | Zendy; David Feeny | Zendy; Nan Luo | Zendy; YinBun Cheung | Zendy; David Machin | Zendy; Kok-Yong Fong | Zendy; Julian Thumboo | Zendy

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Are symbols useful and culturally acceptable in health-state valuation studies? An exploratory study in a multi-ethnic Asian population

Author(s) -

Hwee Lin Wee,

Shu-Chuen Li,

Xuhao Zhang,

Feng Xie,

David Feeny,

Nan Luo,

YinBun Cheung,

David Machin,

Kok-Yong Fong,

Julian Thumboo

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

patient preference and adherence

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885

H-Index - 48

ISSN - 1177-889X

DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s4142

Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , valuation (finance) , exploratory research , population , traditional medicine , environmental health , social science , finance , sociology , anthropology , economics

Symbols have been used in health state valuation studies to help subjects distinguish the severity of various characteristics of a given health state. Symbols used in such studies need to be evaluated for their cross-cultural appropriateness because a given symbol may have different meanings or acceptability in different cultures, which may affect results of such studies.

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