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Methodological issues for cross-cultural research

Articles

carre4i Stǻhl E, Postma DS, Juniper EF, Svensson K, Mear I, Lofdahl CG. Health-related quality of life in asthma studies. Can we combine data from different countries? Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2003;16(1):53-9.

carre4i Mear I. Difficulties of international clinical trials: cultural adaptation of Quality of Life questionnaires. In Qualité de vie liée à l'état de santé: critère d'évaluation. Edited by Chassany O, Caulin C. - Collection Recherche clinique & Décision Thérapeutique. Springer, Paris © 2002:55-62.

carre4i Niero M, Martin M, Finger T, Lucas R, Mear I, Wild D, Glauda L, Patrick DL. A new approach to multicultural item generation in the development of two obesity-specific measures: the Obesity and Weight Loss Quality of Life (OWLQOL) Questionnaire and the Weight-Related Symptom Measure (WRSM). Clinical Therapeutics. 2002;24(4):690-700.

carre4i Conway K, Mear I, Acquadro C for the ERIQA Group. An attempt to develop minimal requirements for the 1st step of cross-cultural adaptation of patient reported outcomes (PROs) measures. Quality of Life Newsletter. 2001:27(July-Dec):6.

carre4i Acquadro C, Jambon B, Ellis D, Marquis P. Language and translations issues. In Quality of Life and Pharmacoeconomics in clinical trials. - Second edition, chapter 63, edited by B. Spilker. Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia © 1995.

carre4i Acquadro C. Mise au point d'une échelle qualité de vie: aspects linguistiques. Le Courrier de l'Evaluation en Santé. 1995;7:20 -22.


Workshops

carre4i Conway K, Marquis P, Mear I. Cross-cultural research and quality of life.
Presented at 5th annual conference of the International Society for QoL (ISOQOL), Baltimore, USA, November 1998.

carre4i Patrick P, Martin M, Conway K. Cross-cultural perspectives in quality of life research Mapi Research Institute's training session, Paris, France, September 1998.


Oral presentations

carre4i Nadjar A, Mear I. Development of a checklist to assess the quality of translations of PRO instruments. Presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality Of Life Research (ISOQOL), New Orleans, USA, October 2009.

carre4i Conway K, Donald P. Translatability Assessment. Presented at the International Conference on Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional and Multicultural Contexts (3MC), Berlin, Germany, June 2008.

carre4i Conway K, Mear I, Rowbotham J. Integration of international input into instrument design: "Translatability Assessment". Quality of Life Research. 2004;13:1495. Presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality Of Life Research (ISOQOL), Hong Kong, October 2004.

carre4i Mear I. Aspects of Linguistic Validation Methodology. Presented at the 10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, Prague, Czech Republic, November 2003 during the Symposium “Challenges in Translation Methodology: comparing approaches and a discussion of good practices”.

carre4i Acquadro C. for the ERIQA Group. EMEA/ERIQA Guidelines for Translation and Cultural Adaptation. Presented at 6th Annual European Congress of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Barcelona, Spain, November 2003 during the Quality of Life Special Interest Group forum “Translation and Cultural Adaptation: is it time for a harmonized approach to Linguistic Validation?”.

carre4i Conway K, Mear I, Acquadro C. Literature Review of guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation of HRQL measures: updated results. Value in Health. 2002;5(6):459. Presented at the 5th Annual European Congress of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 2002.

carre4i Conway K, Acquadro C, Mear I, Marquis P. Integration of international input into instrument design. Quality of Life Research. 1997;6(7-8):635. Presented at 4th Annual Conference of the International Society for QoL (ISOQOL), Vienna, Austria, November 1997.

carre4i Conway K, Marquis P, Mear I. Integration of translation issues into the design of HRQOL measures for use in international clinical trials. Journal d'Economie Médicale. 1996;Oct (Hors série):18. Meeting on health status and quality of life: conceptual, measurement and policy issues, Paris, France, October 1996.


Poster

carre4i Vasarri S, Conway K, Rizzo S, Barnes N, Benmedjahed K, Berdeaux G. Eye Surgery Patient Impact Questionnaire / Development of a Version for International Use. Presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality Of Life Research (ISOQOL), New Orleans, USA, October 2009.

carre4i Gil Campos I, Bonnet P, Von Mackensen S. Linguistic Validation of the HAEMO-QoL and HAEM-A-QoL for Use in International Studies. Presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality Of Life Research (ISOQOL), New Orleans, USA, October 2009.

carre4i Mear I, Nadjar A, Acquadro C. Development of a checklist to assess the quality of translations of PRO instruments. Presented at the 14th Annual International Meeting of the ISPOR, Orlando, USA, May 2009.

carre4i Lefrançois C, Bowers B, Williams B. W. J, Rush A. J. International investigation of depression based on the Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Depression rating Scale (SIGH-D) and the Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (IDS-C). Presented at the 11th Annual European Meeting of the ISPOR, Athens, Greece, November 2008.

carre4i Salmassi L, Kaschinski D. Use of an Electronic DIARY in 55 countries: what are the challenges? Presented at the 11th Annual European Meeting of the ISPOR, Athens, Greece, November 2008.

carre4i Boucher F, D’Uva F, Garfield M, Van der Molen T. An International Investigation into the Health Status of COPD sufferers. Presented at the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress (ERS), Berlin, Germany, October 2008.

carre4i Jargot A, Muller S, Mahler D, Donald A. International investigation into the impact of dyspnea on activities of daily living. Presented at the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress (ERS), Berlin, Germany, October 2008.

carre4i Conway K, Piault E, Kopp Z, Abrams P, Brubaker L. Patient Satisfaction: International Development, Translatability Assessment and Linguistic Validation of the OAB-S, An Overactive Bladder Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire. Presented at the 8th Annual European Meeting of the ISPOR, Florence, Italy, November 2005.

carre4i Acquadro C, Mear I - for Subgroup 1 of the TCA SIG. Review of the activities of Translation and Cultural Adaptation Special Interest Group (TCA SIG) Subgroup 1: Translation Difficulties. Quality of Life Research. 2005;14(9):2104.
Presented at the 12th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), San Francisco, USA, October 2005 and at the 8th Annual European Meeting of the ISPOR, Florence, Italy, November 2005.

carre4i Conway K, Mear I, Acquadro C, Rowbotham J. Translatability Assessment: a new approach to international questionnaire development. Presented at the 10th Annual International Meeting of the ISPOR, Washington DC, May 2005

carre4i Conway K, Mear I, Acquadro C. Recommendations to the European Regulators for the Cultural Adaptation of Health-Related Quality of Life Measures. Presented at the 6th Annual European Congress of the ISPOR, Barcelona, Spain, November 2003.

carre4i Lobo Luppi L, Conway K, Mear I, Martin M, Ware J, for the IQOD Working Group. Benefits of Translatability Assessment to enhance the coherence of data in international studies – The IQOD Experience. Presented at the 6th Annual European Congress of the ISPOR, Barcelona , Spain , November 2003.

carre4i Conway K, Mear I. Translatability Assessment: international review in instrument development . Quality of Life Research. 2002;11(7):656. Presented at the 9th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Orlando, USA, November 2002.

carre4i Bailey A, Martin ML, Wirkala KR, Bitiukova A, Mear I. US Spanish translation guidelines: a five year update . Quality of Life Research. 2002;11(7):699. Presented at the 9th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Orlando, USA, November 2002.

carre4i Conway K, Mear I. Integration of international input into instrument design: translatability assessment. Value in Health. 2002;5(3):223. Presented at the 7th International meeting of the ISPOR, Arlington, USA, May 2002.

carre4i Conway K, Mear I. Literature review of guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation of HRQL measures: updated results. Value in Health. 2002;5(3):222. Presented at the I7th International meeting of the ISPOR, Arlington, USA, May 2002.

carre4i Conway K, Mear I, Acquadro C. Proposed guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation HRQL measures: a literature review. Presented at the 9th Annual Symposium for Quality of Life Evaluation (DIA), Hilton Head, USA, March 2002.

carre4i Conway K, Mear I, Acquadro C for the ERIQA Group. Proposed guidelines for the 1st step of cross-cultural adaptation of patient reported outcomes (PROs) Measures. Quality of Life Research. 2001;10(3):287. Presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 2001.

carre4i Girod I, Keininger DL, de la Loge C, Hunter M. Methodological issues in evaluating conceptual equivalence: applications of the Women's Health Questionnaire. Value in Health. 2000;3(5):342. Presented at the 3rd annual European meeting, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Antwerp, Belgium, November 2000.

carre4i Girod I, Keininger DL, de la Loge C, Hunter M. Methodological issues in evaluating conceptual equivalence: applications of the Women's Health Questionnaire. Quality of Life Research. 2000; 9(3):25. Presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Vancouver, Canada, October 2000.



Linguistic Validation of PRO questionnaires

Articles

carre4i Martine Le Gal, Yves Mainguy, Katell Le Lay, Axelle Nadjar, Delphine Allain, Martine Galissié. Linguistic validation of six patient-reported outcomes instruments into
12 languages for patients with fibromyalgia. Joint Bone Spine. 2010 March;77(2):165-1.

carre4i Acquadro C, Kopp Z, Coyne KS, Corcos J, Tubaro A, Choo MS, Oh SJ. Translating overactive bladder questionnaires in 14 languages. Urology. 2006 Mar;67(3):536-40. Erratum in: Urology. 2007 Jan;69(1):202. Oh, Seung June [added].

carre4i Acquadro C, Price P, Wollina U. Linguistic validation of the Cardiff Wound Impact Schedule into French, German and US English. J Wound Care. 2005 Jan;14(1):14-7.

carre4i Acquadro C, Lafortune L, Mear I . Quality of life in multiple sclerosis: translation in French Canadian of the MSQoL-54. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003,1:70 (24 November 2003 ).

carre4i Heinemann LAJ, Saad F, Zimmermann T, Novak A, Myon E, Badia X, Potthoff P, T'Sjoen, Pöllänen P, Goncharow NP, Kim S, Giroudet C. The Aging Males' Symptom (AMS) scale: update and compilation of international versions. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2003;1:15.

carre4i Heinemann LAJ, Conway K, Giroudet C et al. Harmonized French version of the Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS) Scale. Quality of Life Newsletter. 2003;30:10.

carre4i Thomas C, Pouget C, Nadjar A, Derogatis L. Cultural Adaptation of the DISF-SR into French, German, Finnish and Polish. Quality of Newsletter. 2000:24(Jan-June):11.

carre4i Wagner AK, Gandek B, Aaronson NK, Acquadro C, Alonso J, Apolone G, Bullinger M, Bjorner J, Fukuhara S, Kaasa S, Leplege A, Sullivan M, Wood-Dauphinee S, Ware JE Jr. Cross-cultural comparisons of the content of SF-36 translations across 10 countries: results from the IQOLA Project. International Quality of Life Assessment. J Clin Epidemiol. 1998 Nov;51(11):925-32.

carre4i Aaronson NK, Acquadro C, Alonso J, Apolone G, Bucquet D, Bullinger M, Bungay K, Fukuhara S, Gandek B, Keller S, et al. International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) Project. Qual Life Res. 1992 Oct;1(5):349-51.


Oral presentations

carre4i Fernandez N, Grataloup G, Posner K.  Translation of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) for use in 33 countries. Presented at the 11th Annual European Meeting of the ISPOR, Athens, Greece, November 2008.

carre4i Nadjar A, Mainguy Y, Galissié M, Le Gal M, Bardin L, Allain D. Linguistic validation of 6 QoL Questionnaires for fibromyalgia patients into 12 languages. Presented at the 11th Annual European Meeting of the ISPOR, Athens, Greece, November 2008.

carre4i Nadjar A , Berne C, Mear I, Jones P. A classification of the St. George's Respiratory
Questionnaire (SGRQ) translations. Presented at the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress (ERS), Munich, September 2006.

carre4i Mear I, Juniper E, Ståhl E. Validity of 50 language versions of the asthma quality of life questionnaire AQLQ(S) Presented at the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress (ERS), Munich, September 2006.

carre4i Mear I, Juniper E, Mörk AC. Linguistic Validation of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) and the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) in 10 Asian Languages. Quality of Life Research. 2004;13:1501. Presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality Of Life Research (ISOQOL), Hong Kong, October 2004.

carre4i Giroudet C, Conway K, Martin A, Pearson J, Lindley C. Linguistic Validation of 5-day version of the Functional Living Index-Emesis into 22 languages. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2000;8(3):241. Presented at the 12th international symposium, supportive care in cancer, Washington, USA, March 2000.

carre4i Conway K, Uzun V, Frank L, Marquis P, Farup C, Dubois D. Cross-cultural adaptation of the Patient Assessment of Constipation Symptoms questionnaire (PAC-SYM). Quality of Life Research. 1998;7(7):582. Presented at the 6th annual symposium of contributed papers on QoL evaluation, Drug Information Association , Hilton Head, USA, March 1999.

carre4i Conway K, Chevallet L, Dazord A, Manificat S, Danjou G, Langue J. Adaptation culturelle des questionnaires qualité de vie du bébé et du jeune enfant en France, Italie, Espagne et au Royaume Uni. Serpa, Annecy , France , November 1998.

carre4i Mear I, Conway K, Juniper EF, Santanello N. Cross-cultural adaptation of the Paediatric Asthma Caregiver QoL questionnaire (PACQLQ) in 19 countries. Quality of Life Research. 1998;7(7):637. Presented at the 5th annual conference of the International Society for QoL (ISOQOL), Baltimore , USA , November 1998.

carre4i Conway K, Uzun V, Jhingram P, Kwong J, Duthie T. Cross-cultural adaptation of the Migraine Specific Quality of Life questionnaire (MSQ) into 14 languages. Quality of Life Research. 1998;7(7):582. Presented at the 5th annual conference of the International Society for QoL (ISOQOL), Baltimore, USA, November 1998.

carre4i Conway K, Ojanen M, Cella D, Lent L, Eremenco S, Sagnier PP. Cross-cultural adaptation of the Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) questionnaire in 9 languages. Quality of Life Research. 1998;7(7):580. Presented at the 5th annual symposium of contributed papers on QoL evaluation, Drug Information Association, Hilton Head, USA , April 1998.


Poster

carre4i Lambe J, Conway K, Vitry H. Use of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ-DI) in 3 South African Languages. Presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality Of Life Research (ISOQOL), New Orleans, USA, October 2009.

carre4i Osmani D, Rajagopalan K, Hobart J. Linguistic Validation of the Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29) for Use in International Studies. Presented at the 12th Annual European Congress of the ISPOR, Paris, France, October 2009.

carre4i Brunel V, Salmassi L. Translation of the HIV Patient Symptoms Profile into 5 Languages spoken in Israel. Presented at the 12th Annual European Congress of the ISPOR, Paris, France, October 2009.

carre4i Lefrançois C, Plowright R, Bradley C, Reaney M. Linguistic Validation, Including Cultural Adaptation, of an Updated ADKnowl, Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire, for International Use. Presented at the 12th Annual European Congress of the ISPOR, Paris, France, October 2009.

carre4i Montigny C, Görtelmeyer R, Korbel U.S. The attention and self performance assessment (apsa) questionnaire: linguistic validation and interdependance of translation and original. Presented at the 14th Annual International Meeting of the ISPOR, Orlando, USA, May 2009.

carre4i Neewoor S, Le Halpère A, Kroenke K, Engels D J. Assessing anxiety and depression on an international level using the gad-7 and phq-9. Presented at the 14th Annual International Meeting of the ISPOR, Orlando, USA, May 2009.

carre4i Boudrot A, D’Uva F, Sheehan D, Lecrubier Y, Even C. Use of the mini international neuropsychiatric interview (m.i.n.i.) – version 6 – in an international study. 
Presented at the 14th Annual International Meeting of the ISPOR, Orlando, USA, May 2009.

carre4i Chevallet L, Conway K, Roulliat C, Dr Rosen R. Use of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) in 6 arabic countries. Presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality Of Life Research (ISOQOL), Monteviedo, Uruguay, October 2008.

carre4i Nadjar A, Mainguy Y, Galissié M, Le Gal M, Bardin L, Allain. Linguistic validation of five quality of life questionnaires for fibromyalgia patients in twelve languages. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience's 38th annual meeting, Washington, USA, November 2008.

carre4i Chevallet L, Conway K., Roulliat C, Dr Rosen R. Use of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) in 6 arabic countries. Presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality Of Life Research (ISOQOL), Monteviedo, Uruguay, October 2008.

carre4i Chevallet L, Weatherall J, von Mackensen S. Linguistic validation of the HAEMO-QoL and HAEM-A-QoL for use in International Studies. Presented at the 13th Annual International Meeting (ISPOR), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 3-7, 2008.

carre4i Muller S, Jan Irvine E, Gathany T. A. Linguistic Validation of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) for use in International Studies. Presented at the 13th Annual International Meeting (ISPOR), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 3-7, 2008.

carre4i Petitjean C, Christensen T. Use of the Insulin Treatement Satisfaction Questionnaires (ITSQ) and the Environmental Tobacco Smoke Questionnaire (ETS-Q) in an International Study. Value in Health. November/December 2007;10(6):A473. Presented at the Tenth Annual European Congress (ISPOR), Dublin, Ireland, October 20, 2007.

carre4i Grataloup G, Caleo S, Coffey L. Linguistic Validation of the Hospital Anxiety and depression scale for use in international studies. Value in Health. November/December 2007;10(6):A306. Presented at the Tenth Annual European Congress (ISPOR), Dublin, Ireland, October 20, 2007.

carre4i Lefrançois C, Melzack R, Placchi M. Use of the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) in the improve study 27178: Linguistic Validation for International Clinical Trials. Quality of Life Research. 2007(suppl.):A74. Presented at the 14th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Toronto, Canada, October 10 2007.

carre4i Uzun V, Van der Molen T, Foster JM, Müller T, Mear I. Linguistic Validation of the Inhaled Corticosteroid Questionnaire (ICQ) for Use in International Studies. Presented at the 14th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Toronto, Canada, October 10 2007.

carre4i Chevalet L, Spertus J, Kim J, Conway K. Linguistic Validation of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire for Use in International Studies. Value in Health. May/June 2007;10(3):A59. Presented at the 12th Annual International Meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Arlington, May 2007.

carre4i Mear I, Miege A, Roulliat C, Guyatt G, Jost F, Zamora L, Schünemann HJ. Linguistic Validation of the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire - Self-Administered Standardized Format (CRQ-SAS) for use in international studies. Value in Health. November/December 2006;9(6):A265. Presented at the 9th Annual European Congress, of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Copenhagen, October 2006.

carre4i Fernandez N, Mear I, Moos R, Johannes EJ. Linguistic validation of the Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MDQ) in an international study for a new combined oral contraceptive pill. Value in Health. November/December 2006;9(6):A259. Presented at the 9th Annual European Congress, of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Copenhagen, October 2006.

carre4i Fernandez N, Kroenke K, Getter C. Use of the PAC-SYM and PAC-QOL in an international study. Quality of Life Research. 2006 abstract 1261:A-109. Presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Lisbon, October 2006.

carre4i Chevallet L, Dubois D, Bell, T. Linguistic validation of the PAC-SYM and PAC-QOL for use in international studies. Presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Lisbon, October 2006.

carre4i Mear I, Grataloup G, Nadjar A, Seignobos E, Trudeau E, Bastyr EJ. Linguistic Validation of the Neuropathy Total Symptom Score (NTSS-6) – Self-Administered Version in 9 Languages. Presented at the 8th Annual European Meeting of the ISPOR, Florence, Italy, November 2005.

carre4i Burrel A, Roulliat C, Higgins J, Conway K, Fisk J. Linguistic Validation of the 40-Item Fatigue Impact Scale (FIS) in 18 Languages. Presented at the 21st Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), Thessaloniki, Greece, September 28 - October 1, 2005.

carre4i Mear I, Miege A, Roulliat C, Gyuatt G, Jost F, Zamora L, Schünemann HJ. Linguistic validation of the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire Self- Administered Standardized format (CRQ-SAS) for use in international studies. Presented at the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 17-21, 2005

carre4i Mear I, Uzun V, Van der Molen T, Mörk A-C, Lindemann M. Linguistic Validation of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) for Use in International Studies. Presented at the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 17-21, 2005.

carre4i Conway K, Acquadro, Uzun V, Kopp Z, Coyne KS. Linguistic Validation of the Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-Q), OAB-Q Short Form (SF) and the Overactive Bladder Validated 8 (OAB V8) Screening Assessment Tool for this Condition in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. Presented at the International Urogynecological Association ( IUGA,) 2005, 30th Annual Congress, August 9-12, 2005

carre4i Conway K, Chevallet L, Nevitt NC, Barber B, Gavart S. Development of different language versions of a US Back Pain Questionnaire. Presented at the 10th Annual International Meeting of the ISPOR, Washington DC, May 2005.

carre4i Mear I, D'Uva F, Brannan AM, Pesa J, Olexy C. Use of the Caregiver Strain Questionnaire in an international study. Presented at the 10th Annual International Meeting of the ISPOR, Washington DC, May 2005.

carre4i Mear I, D'Uva F, Wu A, Mollon P. Use of the Symptom Distress Module in an international study. Presented at the 10th Annual International Meeting of the ISPOR, Washington DC, May 2005.

carre4i Nadjar A, Conway K, Jensen M, Galer BS, Hutchings A. Use of the Neuropathic Pain Scale (NPS) in an international study. Presented at the 7th Annual European Congress of the ISPOR, Hamburg, Germany, October 2004.

carre4i Conway K, Chevallet L, Barber B, Gavart S, Nevitt M. Development of different language versions of a US Back Pain questionnaire. Quality of Life Research. 2004;13:1593. Presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality Of Life Research (ISOQOL), Hong Kong, October 2004.

carre4i Duracinsky M, Cervoni J, Vincent V, Lascoux C, Bourgarit A, Acquadro C, Conway K, Wu, A, Chassany O. Validation d'un questionnaire de qualité de vie spécifique de la lipodystrophie liée à la pathologie VIH. La Revue de Médecine Interne, 2004;25(Supp 1):189

carre4i Duracinsky M, Cervoni J, Vincent V, Lascoux C, Acquadro C, Conway K, Wu A, Chassany O. Cultural adaptation and validation of a lipodystrophy specific quality of Life questionnaire. Presented at the XVth International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 11 – 16 July 2004.

carre4i Conway C, Uzun V, Kopp Z, Coyne K. Linguistic validation of the Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) into 12 languages. Presented at the 3rd International Consultation on Incontinence, June 2004, Monaco.

carre4i Conway K, Chaput M, Lewis S. Linguistic validation of a Sleep Quality Scale in 32 languages. Quality of Life Research. 2003;12:799. Presented at the 10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality Of Life Research (ISOQOL), Prague, Czech Republic, November 2003.

carre4i Conway K, Touzet L, Endicott J, O’Leary M. Linguistic validation of the Quality of life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-les-Q) in 25 languages. Presented at the 6th Annual European Congress of the ISPOR, Barcelona, Spain, November 2003.

carre4i Conway K, Chevallet L, Symonds T, Cardozo L, Kelleher C. Linguistic Validation of the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) in 34 languages. Quality of Life Research. 2001; 10(3):282. Presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 2001.

carre4i Conway K, Uzun V, Alacoque J, Abetz L, Melzack R, Plante M. How is pain felt across countries? The short-form McGill pain questionnaire (SF-MPQ) in 10 languages. Value in Health. 2001;4(2):156. Presented at the 6th annual International meeting, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Arlington, VA, USA, May 2001.

carre4i Conway K, Chaput M, Fugl-Meyer KS, Fugl-Meyer A, Kubin M. Linguistic validation of the Fugl-Meyer Life Satisfaction Checklist (LiSat 8) into 8 languages. Quality of Life Research. 2000;9(3):41. Presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Vancouver, Canada, October 2000.

carre4i Conway K, Uzun V, Blanc M, Jones P, Stǻhl E. Linguistic validation of the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) in Asia, Australia, Europe & South America. Quality of Life Research. 2000;9(3):41. Presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Vancouver, Canada, October 2000.

carre4i Conway K, Uzun V, Jorenby D, Atsbury C, Hogue S. Linguistic validation of the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale (WSWS) in 18 languages. Quality of Life Research. 2000;9(3):41. Presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Vancouver, Canada, October 2000.

carre4i Conway K, Mear I, Touzet L, Lerner D, Bresnahan B, Martens L. Linguistic validation of Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ). Value in Health. 2000;3(2):114. Presented at the 5th Annual International Meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Crystal City, USA, May 2000.

carre4i Conway K, Uzun V, Girod I, Morgan M, Koch P. Linguistic validation of the Vascular Quality of Life Questionnaire (VASCUQOL) in 8 languages. Value in Health. 2000;3(2):113. Presented at the 5th Annual International Meeting, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Crystal City, USA, May 2000.

carre4i Giroudet C, Conway K, Martin A, Pearson J, Lindley C. Linguistic Validation of 5-day version of the Functional Living Index-Emesis into 22 languages. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2000;8(3):241. Presented at the 12th International Symposium, Supportive Care in Cancer, Washington, USA, March 2000.

carre4i Conway K, Pouget C, De Charro F, Herdman M. Namjoshi M, Tohen M. Linguistic Validation of the EuroQoL scale (EQ-5D). Quality of Life Research. 1999;8(7):656. Presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Barcelona, Spain, November 1999.

carre4i Conway K, Pouget C, Hogan TP, Namjoshi M, Tohen M. Linguistic Validation of the medical outcomes study (MOS) cognitive functioning module. Quality of Life Research. 1999;8(7):656. Presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Barcelona, Spain, November 1999.

carre4i Conway K, Pouget C, Hogan TP, Namjoshi M, Tohen M. Linguistic Validation of the Drug Attitude Inventory. Quality of Life Research. 1999;8(7):656. Presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Barcelona, Spain, November 1999.

carre4i Conway K, Pouget C, Keller MB, Walker C, Leventhal N, Revicki D, Namjoshi M, Tohen M. Linguistic validation of the SLICE/Life questionnaire. Value in Health. 1999;2(3):218. Presented at the 4th Annual International Meeting, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Crystal City, USA, May 1999.

carre4i Conway K, Uzun V, Black L. Linguistic validation of the Patient Perception of Migraine Questionnaire (PPMQ) into 16 languages. Value in Health. 1999; 2(3):206.
4th annual international meeting, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) , Crystal City, USA, May 1999.

carre4i Conway K, Uzun V, Marrel A, Cardozo L, Kelleher C, Haye I Linguistic validation of the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) into 8 languages.Values in Health. 1999;2(3):204. Presented at the 4th annual international meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Crystal City, USA, May 1999.

carre4i Conway K, Pouget C, Marquis P, Girod I, McCarthy C. Linguistic validation of the Urinary Incontinence Quality of Life questionnaire. Value in Health. 1999;2(3):203. Presented at the 4th Annual International Meeting at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Crystal City, USA, May 1999.

carre4i Conway K, Giroudet C, Boyle B, et al. Cross-cultural adaptation of the Urolife questionnaire in the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark . Presented at the 6th annual symposium of contributed papers on QoL evaluation, Drug Information Association, Hilton Head, USA, March 1999.

carre4i Conway K, Pouget C, Finlay AY, Coutable D. Cross-cultural adaptation of the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). Presented at the 6th annual symposium of contributed papers on QoL evaluation, Drug Information Association, Hilton Head, USA, March 1999.

carre4i Conway K, Giroudet C, Hunter M, Gillis S, Mulder D, Paschen B, Miltenburger C. Cross-cultural adaptation of the Women's Health Questionnaire (WHQ) in 10 countries. Presented at the 6th annual symposium of contributed papers on QoL evaluation, Drug Information Association, Hilton Head, USA, March 1999.

carre4i Conway K, Pouget C, Roland M, Marrel A, Taïeb C. Cross-cultural adaptation of the Roland-Morris Disability Scale (RMDS). Presented at the 6th annual symposium of contributed papers on QoL evaluation, Drug Information Association, Hilton Head, USA , March 1999.

carre4i Conway K, Pouget C, Finn P, Abetz L, McNulty P. The cultural adaptation of the Diabetic Foot Ulcer scale (DFS): methods and issues. Quality of Life Research. 1998;7(7):581. Presented at the 5th annual conference of the International Society for QoL (ISOQOL), Baltimore , USA , November 1998.

carre4i Conway K, Mishra A, Giroudet C, the Global Translation Group. Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) in 31 countries. Quality of Life Research. 1998;7(7):580. Presented at the 5th annual symposium of contributed papers on QoL evaluation, Drug Information Association, Hilton Head, USA , April 1998.

carre4i Conway K, Uzun V, Spertus J, Fletcher A, Sagnier P. Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) in 11 countries. Quality of Life Research. 1998;7(7):581. Presented at the 5th annual symposium of contributed papers on QoL evaluation, Drug Information Association, Hilton Head, USA, April 1998.