Using the rasch model to validate and enhance the interpretation of the functional assessment of cancer therapy-kidney symptom index - Disease-related symptoms scale

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 580-586

  Luo, Xuemei ^a   Cappelleri, Joseph C ^a   Cella, David ^b   Li, Jim Z ^a   Charbonneau, Claudie ^a   Kim, Sindy T ^a   Chen, Isan ^a   Motzer, Robert J ^c  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FKSI DRS; MRCC; Rasch model; Symptom status; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; SUNITINIB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY KIDNEY SYMPTOM INDEX DISEASE RELATED SYMPTOMS SCALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INDOLES; INTERFERON-ALPHA; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PYRROLES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 66249143011     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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