Psychometric evaluation of the myasthenia gravis composite using rasch analysis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 820-825

  Sadjadi, Reza ^a   Conaway, Mark ^b   Cutter, Gary ^c   Sanders, Donald B ^d   Burns, Ted M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimensionality; Fit statistics; Item response theory; MG Composite; MG outcome measures; Myasthenia gravis; Psychometric evaluation; Rasch Analysis; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS COMPOSITE SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84860899027     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23260     Document Type: Article

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