Measurement bias of the SF-36 Health Survey in older adults with chronic conditions

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2359-2369

  Meng, Hongdao ^a   King Kallimanis, Bellinda L ^b   Gum, Amber ^a   Wamsley, Brenda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Confirmatory factor analysis; Psychometric evaluation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL BIAS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84892819522     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0373-1     Document Type: Article

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