A six-item short-form survey for measuring headache impact: The HIT-6™

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 963-974

  Kosinski, M ^a   Bayliss, M S ^a   Bjorner, J B ^a,b   Ware Jr , J E ^a,c,d,e   Garber, W H ^a   Batenhorst, A ^f   Cady, R ^g   Dahlof C G H ^h   Dowson, A ⁱ   Tepper, S ^j  

^a QualityMetric Incorporated   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Health Assessment Lab   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^g HEADACHE CARE CENTER   (United States)

^h Gothenburg Migraine Clinic   (Sweden)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR HEADACHE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Headache impact; Headache impact test (HIT ); Health related quality of life (HRQOL); HIT; HIT 6; Item response theory (IRT); Migraine; Reliability; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEADACHE IMPACT TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIGRAINE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; THEORY;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10744232008     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026119331193     Document Type: Article

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