Psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule used in the European Study of theEpidemiology of Mental Disorders

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 185-197

  Buist Bouwman, M A ^a,b   Ormel, Johan ^a   De Graaf, R ^b   Vilagut, Gemma ^c,e   Alonzo, G ^c   Van Sonderen, E ^d   Vollebergh, W A M ^b   Alonso, Jordi ^e   Angermeyer, Matthias ^e   Bernert, Sebastian ^e   Bruffaerts, Ronny ^e   Brugha, Traolach S ^e   de Girolamo, Giovanni ^e   Demyttenaere, Koen ^e   Gasquet, Isabelle ^e   Haro, Josep Maria ^e   Katz, Steven J ^e   Kessler, Ronald C ^e   Kovess, Viviane ^e   Lépine, Jean Pierre ^e   Polidori, Gabriella ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d Northern Centre for Healthcare Research (NCH)   (Netherlands)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Disability assessment schedule; Factor structure; Internal consistency; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PROMAX ROTATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SPAIN; VARIANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949116352     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.261     Document Type: Article

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