Validation of the danish version of the mcgill ingestive skills assessment using classical test theory and the rasch model

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 859-868

  Hansen, Tina ^a   Lambert, Heather C ^b   Faber, Jens ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Denmark; Dysphagia; Frailty; McGill Ingestive Skills Assessment; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84867224357     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.624249     Document Type: Article

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