The fairness of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Two approaches to differential item functioning

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 157-165

  Ulander, Martin ^a,b   Årestedt, Kristofer ^a,c   Svanborg, Eva ^a,b   Johansson, Peter ^a,b   Broström, Anders ^b,d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Daytime sleepiness; Differential item functioning; Epworth Sleepiness Scale; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASCH ANALYSIS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SITTING; SOMNOLENCE; TELEVISION VIEWING;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84874193022     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-012-0664-8     Document Type: Article

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