Scoring based on item response theory did not alter the measurement ability of EORTC QLQ-C30 scales

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 902-908

  Petersen, Morten Aa ^a   Groenvold, Mogens ^a,b   Aaronson, Neil ^c   Brenne, Elisabeth ^d   Fayers, Peter ^e   Nielsen, Julie Damgaard ^f   Sprangers, Mirjam ^g   Bjorner, Jakob B ^h,i  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

ⁱ QualityMetric Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

EORTC QLQ C30; IRT scoring; Known groups comparisons; Quality of life; Relative validity; Sum scoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMOTIONS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 23644439247     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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