Rasch analysis of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-283

  Franchignoni, Marco ^a   Giordano, Andrea ^b   Levrini, Luca ^a   Ferriero, Giorgio ^b   Franchignoni, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oral health; Outcomes assessment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWALLOWING; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; DEGLUTITION; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HEALTH; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77953997786     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2010.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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