The 39-item Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39): Is it a unidimensional construct?

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 205-214

  Hagell, Peter ^a   Nilsson, Maria H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dimensionality; outcome measurement; Parkinson's disease; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 77953408764     PISSN: 17562856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756285609103726     Document Type: Article

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