Development of a conceptual framework and calibrated item banks to measure patient-reported dyspnea severity and related functional limitations

Value in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-306

  Choi, Seung W ^a   Victorson, David E ^a   Yount, Susan ^a   Anton, Susan ^b   Cella, David ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer adaptive testing; COPD; Dyspnea; Measurement; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79959587507     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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