Comparison between exploratory factor-analytic and SEM-based approaches to constructing SF-36 summary scores

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-63

  Anagnostopoulos, Fotios ^a   Niakas, Dimitris ^b   Tountas, Yannis ^c  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

PCS and MCS summary health measures; Quality of life; RAND 36; SF 36 Health Survey; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 59449089306     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9423-5     Document Type: Article

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