Assessment of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: A psychometric comparison of single-item, multiitem, and multidimensional measures

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 413-420

  Oude Voshaar, Martijn A H ^a,b   Ten Klooster, Peter M ^a,b   Bode, Christina ^a,b   Vonkeman, Harald E ^a,b,c   Glas, Cees A W ^b   Jansen, Tim ^d   Van Albada Kuipers, Iet ^e   Van Riel, Piet L C M ^d   Van De Laar, Mart A F J ^a,b,c  

^a Medical Center Twente   (Netherlands)

^b Measurement and Data Analysis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Fatigue; Item response theory; Rheumathoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRAF NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; BRISTOL RA FATIGUE MULTI DIMENSIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL OUTCOMES STUDY SHORT FORM 36 VITALITY SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84923920127     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.140389     Document Type: Article

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