Measurement properties of the 13-item sense of coherence scale using Rasch analysis

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1455-1463

  Holmefur, Marie ^a,b   Sundberg, Kay ^c   Wettergren, Lena ^c   Langius Eklöf, Ann ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Outcome measure; Questionnaire; Rasch analysis; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84930484271     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0866-6     Document Type: Article

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