Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs): How should I interpret reports of measurement properties? A practical guide for clinicians and researchers who are not biostatisticians

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 792-796

  Davidson, Megan ^a   Keating, Jennifer ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTATISTICS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIOSTATISTICS; HUMANS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84898773485     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091704     Document Type: Review

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