Maugeri Respiratory Failure questionnaire reduced form: A method for improving the questionnaire using the Rasch model

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 991-998

  Vidotto, G ^a   Carone, M ^b   Jones, P W ^c   Salini, S ^d   Bertolotti, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e Scientific Institute of Telese Terme   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health status; Quality of life; Rasch models; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34447553635     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600926678     Document Type: Article

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