The 12-item world health organization disability assessment schedule II (WHO-DAS II): A nonparametric item response analysis

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Luciano, Juan V ^a,b   Ayuso Mateos, José L ^c,d,e   Aguado, Jaume ^a,f   Fernandez, Ana ^a,b   Serrano Blanco, Antoni ^a,b   Roca, Miquel ^b,g   Haro, Josep M ^a,e  

^a PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b Red de Investigacion en Actividades Preventivas y Promocion de la Salud en Atencion Primaria   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77952417230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-45     Document Type: Article

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