Rasch analysis of the short form 8-item Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-8)

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-548

  Franchignoni, Franco ^a   Giordano, Andrea ^a   Ferriero, Giorgio ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; PDQ 39; PDQ 8; Psychometrics; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITEM TOTAL CORRELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 36;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 43049172155     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9341-6     Document Type: Article

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