Use of Rasch analysis in the evaluation of the oropharyngeal mucositis quality of life scale

Nursing Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 256-263

  Cheng, Karis K F ^a   Lee, Jack ^b   Leung, S F ^c   Liang, Raymond H S ^d   Tai, Josepha W M ^e   Yeung, Rebecca M W ^f   Thompson, David R ^g  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^g AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

instrument; oropharyngeal mucositis; quality of life; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; STOMATITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959976478     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e318221f731     Document Type: Article

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