Disease-related differential item functioning in the work instability scale for rheumatoid arthritis: Converging results from three methods

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1159-1169

  Tang, Kenneth ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRESLOW DAY TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRODUCTIVITY; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; WORK DISABILITY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK INSTABILITY SCALE FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860389121     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20491     Document Type: Article

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