Threats to the Internal Validity of Spinal Surgery Outcome Assessment: Recalibration Response Shift or Implicit Theories of Change?

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 215-232

  Finkelstein, Joel A ^a   Quaranto, Brian R ^b   Schwartz, Carolyn E ^b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b DeltaQuest Foundation Inc   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional outcomes; Implicit theories of change; Minimal clinically important difference; Response bias; Response shift; Spine surgery; Then test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899965927     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-013-9221-2     Document Type: Article

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