Addressing ceiling effects in health status measures: A comparison of techniques applied to measures for people with HIV disease

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1 P1, 2008, Pages 327-339

  Huang, I Chan ^b   Frangakis, Constantine ^a   Atkinson, Mark J ^c   Willke, Richard J ^d   Leite, Walter L ^e   Vogel, W Bruce ^b   Wu, Albert W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceiling effects; Health related quality of life; HIV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; DELAVIRDINE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DELAVIRDINE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 40649093803     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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