The Translational Research Impact Scale: Development, Construct Validity, and Reliability Testing

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-70

  Dembe, Allard E ^a   Lynch, Michele S ^a   Gugiu, P Cristian ^a   Jackson, Rebecca D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CTSA; impact; measurement; reliability; translational research; validity

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893615084     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278713506112     Document Type: Article

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