Validation testing of a three-component model of Short Form-36 scores

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-308

  Suzukamo, Yoshimi ^a,b   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^a,c   Green, Joseph ^a,d   Kosinski, Mark ^e   Gandek, Barbara ^e   Ware, John E ^f  

^a Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e QualityMetric Incorporated   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Role social; SF 36; Structure; Summary score; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMORBIDITY; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE COMPONENT SUMMARY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78751645912     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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