Internal psychometric properties of the children with special health care needs screener

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-135

  Carle, Adam C ^a   Blumberg, Stephen J ^b   Poblenz, Charlie ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

children with special health care needs; confirmatory factor analysis; item response theory; psychometrics; reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSICAL TEST THEORY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COUNSELING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MODERN MEASUREMENT THEORY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SYSTEMS THEORY;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952584791     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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