Assessing items on the SF-8 Japanese version for health-related quality of life: A psychometric analysis based on the nominal categories model of item response theory

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 568-573

  Tokuda, Yasuharu ^a   Okubo, Tomoya ^a   Ohde, Sachiko ^a   Jacobs, Joshua ^a   Takahashi, Osamu ^a   Omata, Fumio ^a   Yanai, Haruo ^a   Hinohara, Shigeaki ^a   Fukui, Tsuguya ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Information function; Item response theory; Nominal categories model; Psychometric analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOMINAL CATEGORIES MODEL OF ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 8; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 66249114934     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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