Bifactor structure of clinical disability in relapsing multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 176-185

  Chamot, Eric ^a   Kister, Ilya ^b   Cutter, Garry R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifactor model; Disability evaluation; Factor analysis; Multiple sclerosis; Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC); Outcome measure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIFACTOR CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS MODEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS MODEL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL DISABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIDIMENSIONAL CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS MODEL;

EID: 84892819753     PISSN: 22110348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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