Confirmatory factor analysis of the thyroid-related quality of life questionnaire ThyPRO

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Watt, Torquil ^a,b   Groenvold, Mogens ^b,c   Deng, Nina ^d   Gandek, Barbara ^d   Feldt Rasmussen, Ulla ^a   Rasmussen, Åse Krogh ^a   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^e   Bonnema, Steen Joop ^e   Bjorner, Jakob B ^b,f,g  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^g OPTUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient reported outcomes; Quality of life; Scale validation; Thyroid disease; Unidimensionality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRY SKIN; DYSPHAGIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPIPHORA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THYPRO SCALES; THYROID DISEASE; WELLBEING; AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 84908129301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-014-0126-z     Document Type: Article

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