A Rasch and confirmatory factor analysis of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) - 12

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Smith, Adam B ^a   Fallowfield, Lesley J ^b   Stark, Dan P ^c   Velikova, Galina ^c   Jenkins, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RASCH ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERAPY EFFECT; HEALTH STATUS; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77951609602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-45     Document Type: Article

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