A comparison of traditional and Rasch cut points for assessing clinically important change in health-related quality of life among patients with asthma

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1639-1649

  Metz, Stacie M ^a   Wyrwich, Kathleen W ^a,b   Babu, Ajit N ^c,d   Kroenke, Kurt ^e,f   Tierney, William M ^e,f   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^a,g,h  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HRQOL; Item response theory; Medical Decision Making; Outcomes research; Patient centered care; Rasch modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 33751429481     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-0036-6     Document Type: Article

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