Validating the 28-tender joint count using item response theory

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2557-2564

  Siemons, Liseth ^a   Ten Klooster, Peter M ^a   Taal, Erik ^a   Kuper, Ina H ^b   Van Riel, Piet L C M ^c   Van De Laar, Mart A F J ^a,b   Glas, Cees A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2 parameter logistic model; 28 tender joint count; Cohort study; Construct validity; Item response theory; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

28 SWOLLEN JOINT COUNT; 28 TENDER JOINT COUNT; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REMISSION INDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 82755171794     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110436     Document Type: Article

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