An item response theory evaluation of three depression assessment instruments in a clinical sample

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Adler, Mats ^a,b   Hetta, Jerker ^a,b   Isacsson, Göran ^a,b   Brodin, Ulf ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Psychiatry Southwest Huddinge   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84862505863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-84     Document Type: Article

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