An item response analysis of the pediatric PROMIS anxiety and depressive symptoms scales

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 595-607

  Irwin, Debra E ^a   Stucky, Brian ^b   Langer, Michelle M ^c   Thissen, David ^b   DeWitt, Esi Morgan ^d   Lai, Jin Shei ^e   Varni, James W ^f   Yeatts, Karin ^a   DeWalt, Darren A ^g  

^a IL   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depressive symptoms; HRQOL; Pediatrics; PRO; PROMIS; Scale development; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTPATIENTS; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS;

EID: 77956393412     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9619-3     Document Type: Article

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