Item response theory detected differential item functioning between healthy and ill children in quality-of-life measures

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 268-276

  Langer, Michelle M ^a   Hill, Cheryl D ^b   Thissen, David ^a   Burwinkle, Tasha M ^c   Varni, James W ^c,d   DeWalt, Darren A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^c TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DIF; HRQOL; IRT; PedsQL ; PRO; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PEDSQL 4.0 GENERIC CORE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38549141134     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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