Selecting optimal screening items for delirium: An application of item response theory

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Frances M ^a   Jones, Richard N ^a   Inouye, Sharon K ^a   Tommet, Douglas ^a   Crane, Paul K ^b   Rudolph, James L ^c   Ngo, Long H ^a   Marcantonio, Edward R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Confusion assessment method; Delirium screening; Dimensionality; Factor analysis; Item bank; Item response theory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DELIRIUM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84872434172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-8     Document Type: Article

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