Reliability and validity of screening scales: Effect of reducing scale length

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 69-78

  Shrout, Patrick E ^a,b   Yager, Thomas J ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Screening Statistics

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024532128     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(89)90027-9     Document Type: Article

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