Lee Fatigue and Energy Scales: Exploring aspects of validity in a sample of women with HIV using an application of a Rasch model

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 241-246

  Lerdal, Anners ^a,b   Kottorp, Anders ^c   Gay, Caryl L ^a,d   Lee, Kathryn A ^d  

^a LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Lovisenberg Diakonale University College   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Rasch analysis; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY; EVENING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEE FATIGUE AND ENERGY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873523433     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.08.031     Document Type: Article

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