Working mechanism of a multidimensional computerized adaptive test for fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nikolaus, Stephanie ^a,c   Bode, Christina ^a   Taal, Erik ^a   Vonkeman, Harald E ^a,b   Glas, Cees ^a   van de Laar, Mart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Item selection; Multidimensional computerized adaptive test; Multidimensional item response theory; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VALIDATION STUDY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84924211328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0215-7     Document Type: Article

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