Psychometric properties of the PROMIS® pediatric scales: Precision, stability, and comparison of different scoring and administration options

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1233-1243

  Varni, James W ^a,b   Magnus, Brooke ^c   Stucky, Brian D ^d   Liu, Yang ^c   Quinn, Hally ^c   Thissen, David ^c   Gross, Heather E ^e   Huang, I Chan ^f   Dewalt, Darren A ^e  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized adaptive testing; Item response theory; Patient reported outcomes; Pediatrics; PROMIS; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84897433361     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0544-0     Document Type: Article

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