Internal construct validity of the Oxford knee scale: Evidence from Rasch measurement

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1363-1367

  Conaghan, Philip G ^a,c   Emerton, Mark ^b   Tennant, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outcome measures; Oxford Knee Scale; Psychometrics; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXFORD KNEE SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349093407     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23091     Document Type: Article

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