Interpretability of change in the Nurses Work Functioning Questionnaire: Minimal important change and smallest detectable change

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1337-1347

  Gärtner, Fania R ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen ^a   Van Dijk, Frank J H ^a   Sluiter, Judith K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allied health professionals; Clinimetric quality; Common mental disorders; NWFQ; Occupational health; Presenteeism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NURSE; NURSES WORK FUNCTIONING QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867857330     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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