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Reliability and validity study of the translated Arabic version of Moorehead-Ardelt Quality of Life Questionnaire II

Saud Aldeghaither, Mohammed Alnaami, Abdullah Aldohayan, Fahad Bamehriz, Sarah Alhaizan, Mohammed Aldeghaither and Abdullah Almunifi
Saudi Medical Journal March 2022, 43 (3) 301-306; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20210689
Saud Aldeghaither
From the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither, Alnaami, aldohayan, Bamehriz, Alhaizan, M. Aldeghaither), Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither), Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, and from the Department of Surgery (Almunifi), Collage of Medicine, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed Alnaami
From the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither, Alnaami, aldohayan, Bamehriz, Alhaizan, M. Aldeghaither), Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither), Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, and from the Department of Surgery (Almunifi), Collage of Medicine, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah Aldohayan
From the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither, Alnaami, aldohayan, Bamehriz, Alhaizan, M. Aldeghaither), Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither), Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, and from the Department of Surgery (Almunifi), Collage of Medicine, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Fahad Bamehriz
From the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither, Alnaami, aldohayan, Bamehriz, Alhaizan, M. Aldeghaither), Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither), Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, and from the Department of Surgery (Almunifi), Collage of Medicine, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sarah Alhaizan
From the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither, Alnaami, aldohayan, Bamehriz, Alhaizan, M. Aldeghaither), Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither), Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, and from the Department of Surgery (Almunifi), Collage of Medicine, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed Aldeghaither
From the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither, Alnaami, aldohayan, Bamehriz, Alhaizan, M. Aldeghaither), Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither), Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, and from the Department of Surgery (Almunifi), Collage of Medicine, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah Almunifi
From the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither, Alnaami, aldohayan, Bamehriz, Alhaizan, M. Aldeghaither), Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (S. Aldeghaither), Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, and from the Department of Surgery (Almunifi), Collage of Medicine, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2022, 43 (3) 301-306; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20210689
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