Curtailment: A method to reduce the length of self-report questionnaires while maintaining diagnostic accuracy

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 477-482

  Fokkema, Marjolein ^a   Smits, Niels ^a   Finkelman, Matthew D ^b   Kelderman, Henk ^a   Cuijpers, Pim ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Common mental health disorders; Curtailment; Efficiency; Respondent burden; Screening; Stochastic curtailment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893725860     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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