Modern psychometrics applied in rheumatology-A systematic review

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Siemons, Liseth ^a   Ten Klooster, Peter M ^a   Taal, Erik ^a   Glas, Cees Aw ^a   Van De Laar, Mart Afj ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical measures; Item response theory; Modern psychometrics; Patient reported outcomes; Rheumatology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING; CONSENSUS; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 84868227729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-216     Document Type: Review

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