An introduction to the Rasch measurement model: An example using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Pallant, Julie F ^a   Tennant, Alan ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33847414506     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466506X96931     Document Type: Editorial

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