Linking Pain Items from Two Studies Onto a Common Scale Using Item Response Theory

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 615-628

  Chen, Wen Hung ^a   Revicki, Dennis A ^a   Lai, Jin Shei ^b   Cook, Karon F ^c   Amtmann, Dagmar ^c  

^a UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Item response theory; linking studies; pain intensity; pain interference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349755620     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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