Controlling for occasion-specific effects when assessing the test-retest reliability of self-report health questionnaires

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1399-1405

  Olsen, Joseph A ^a   Bloch, Daniel A ^b   Bloch, George J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Changes in health status; Health questionnaires; Occasion specific effects; Structural equation modeling; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 34648826936     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9246-9     Document Type: Article

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