Reducing the length of mental health instruments through structurally incomplete designs

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 150-160

  Smits, Niels ^a   Cuijpers, Pim ^a   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^b   Smit, Johannes H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data augmentation; Diagnostics accuracy; Missing data; Multiple imputation; Structurally incomplete designs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ITEM TOTAL CORRELATION; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34648843060     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.223     Document Type: Article

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