Quantifying responsiveness of quality of life measures without an external criterion

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1545-1552

  Guang, Yong Zou ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Delta method; Effect size; Mixed effect model; Reliable change index; ROC; Sensitivity to change; Standardized response mean

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20544463686     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-0027-4     Document Type: Article

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