Development and psychometric properties of the PROMIS® pediatric fatigue item banks

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2417-2427

  Lai, Jin Shei ^a   Stucky, Brian D ^b   Thissen, David ^c   Varni, James W ^d,e   DeWitt, Esi Morgan ^f   Irwin, Debra E ^g   Yeatts, Karin B ^g   DeWalt, Darren A ^h  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g IL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fatigue; Health related quality of life; Item response theory; Patient reported outcomes; PROMIS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84892801423     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0357-1     Document Type: Article

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