Paraphrase procedures for assessing comprehension of health outcome measures: An illustration from schizophrenia research

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-85

  Shumway, Martha ^a   Chouljian, Tandy L ^b   Rozewicz, Francine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Outcome assessment; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0037279386     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278702250091     Document Type: Article

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