Item re-scaling of an italian version of the sickness impact profile: Effect of age and profession of the observers

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-201

  Marchionni, Niccoló ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Baldasseroni, Samuele ^a   Fumagalli, Stefano ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^c   Bonazinga, Maura ^a   Cecchi, Francesca ^b   Masotti, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Geriatric medicine; Multidimensional assessment; Psychometric methods; Quality of life; SIP

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; ITALY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0030890411     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00318-6     Document Type: Article

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