Development of an Item Bank for the Assessment of Depression in Persons With Mental Illnesses and Physical Diseases Using Rasch Analysis

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-197

  Forkmann, Thomas ^a   Boecker, Maren ^a   Norra, Christine ^b   Eberle, Nicole ^a   Kircher, Tilo ^c   Schauerte, Patrick ^a   Mischke, Karl ^a   Westhofen, Martin ^a   Gauggel, Siegfried ^a   Wirtz, Markus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

computerized adaptive testing; depression; diagnostics; item bank; Rasch model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NOSE DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; THROAT DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 67549123691     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015612     Document Type: Article

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