Comparison of 5 health-related quality-of-life indexes using item response theory analysis

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-15

  Fryback, Dennis G ^a   Palta, Mari ^a   Cherepanov, Dasha ^a   Bolt, Daniel ^a   Kim, Jee Seon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; Health status indexes; HUI2; HUI3; Item response theory; Quality of life; QWB; SF 36

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75949116501     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X09347016     Document Type: Article

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