Rasch analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in spinal cord injury

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 214-223

  Müller, Rachel ^a,b   Cieza, Alarcos ^a,b   Geyh, Szilvia ^c  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; HADS; Rasch analysis; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWITZERLAND; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84873259912     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029287     Document Type: Article

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