The use of differential item functioning analyses to identify cultural differences in responses to the EORTC QLQ-C30

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-129

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cross cultural research; Differential item functioning; EORTC QLQ C30; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33845975235     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-9120-1     Document Type: Article

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