Validation and calibration of the SF-36 health transition question against an external criterion of clinical change in health status

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 637-645

  Knox, Stephanie A ^a   King, Madeleine T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anchor based methods; Health transition question; Population studies; Prospective change; Retrospective recall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; STANDARD; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67349286944     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9467-1     Document Type: Article

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