A comparison of depressive symptoms in stroke and primary care: Applying Rasch models to evaluate the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale

Value in Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-64

  Pickard, A Simon ^a   Dalal, Mehul R ^b   Bushnell, Donald M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c Health Research Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; CES D; Depression; Psychometrics; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYING; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33644906630     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2006.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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