Rasch analysis of the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI)

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 8630-8635

  Dougherty, Bradley E ^a   Nichols, Jason J ^b   Nichols, Kelly K ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE INDEX; PERSON SEPARATION INDEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION, LOW;

EID: 84855396259     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8027     Document Type: Article

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