Comparing translations of the EORTC QLQ-C30 using differential item functioning analyses

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1103-1115

  Scott, N W ^a   Fayers, P M ^a   Bottomley, A ^b   Aaronson, N K ^c   De Graeff, A ^d   Groenvold, M ^e,f   Koller, M ^g   Petersen, M A ^e   Sprangers, M A G ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cross cultural research; Differential item functioning; EORTC QLQ C30; Translations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATABASES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 33747088878     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-0040-x     Document Type: Article

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