Mokken scaling analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in individuals with cardiovascular disease

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-172

  Cosco, Theodore D ^a   Doyle, Frank ^a   Watson, Roger ^b   Ward, Mark ^c   McGee, Hannah ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cardiovascular disease; Depression; Item response theory; Latent structure; Mokken scaling; Psychometric validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOKKEN SCALING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84857368928     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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