Validating, improving reliability, and estimating correlation of the four subscales in the WHOQOL-BREF using multidimensional rasch analysis

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 607-620

  Wang, Wen Chung ^a   Yao, Grace ^b   Tsai, Yih Jian ^c   Wang, Jung Der ^b   Hsieh, Ching Lin ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bandwidth fidelity dilemma; Multidimensional item response model; Quality of life; Rasch measurement; Test reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 33744933431     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-4365-7     Document Type: Article

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