Rasch measurement properties of the KIDSCREEN quality of life instrument in children with cerebral palsy and differential item functioning between children with and without cerebral palsy

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 782-792

  Erhart, Michael ^a   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^a   Dickinson, Heather O ^b   Colver, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Children and adolescents; Differential item functioning; Quality of life; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDSCREEN 52 QUESTIONNAIRE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RASCH ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67649983165     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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