Energy, fatigue, or both? A bifactor modeling approach to the conceptualization and measurement of vitality

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-93

  Deng, Nina ^a,b   Guyer, Rick ^c   Ware, John E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Measured Progress   (United States)

^c John Ware Research Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifactor model; Dimensionality; Factor analyses; Fatigue; Quality of life; Vitality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIFACTOR MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPENHAGEN BURNOUT INVENTORY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAASTRICHT QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES MEASUREMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM 57 FATIGUE SCALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE VITALITY SCALE; SCHWARTZ CANCER FATIGUE; SHORT FORM 36; SHORT FORM 8; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VITALITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84937511376     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0839-9     Document Type: Article

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