Assessing normative cut points through differential item functioning analysis: An example from the adaptation of the Middlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental State (MEAMS) for use as a cognitive screening test in Turkey

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tennant, Alan ^a   Küçükdeveci, Ayse A ^b   Kutlay, Sehim ^b   Elhan, Atilla H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL VALUE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSLATIONS; TURKEY;

EID: 33745068940     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-18     Document Type: Article

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