Cognitive interviewing in the evaluation of fatigue items: Results from the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS)

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1239-1246

  Christodoulou, Christopher ^a   Junghaenel, Doerte U ^a   DeWalt, Darren A ^b   Rothrock, Nan ^c   Stone, Arthur A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive interviewing; Outcomes assessment; Qualitative methods; Quality of life; Questionnaire development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE INTERVIEWING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

COGNITION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 57449099321     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9402-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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