Rasch analysis and impact factor methods both yield valid and comparable measures of health status in interstitial lung disease

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1019-1027

  Patel, Amit S ^a   Siegert, Richard J ^b   Bajwah, Sabrina ^a   Brignall, Kate ^a   Gosker, Harry R ^c   Moxham, John ^a   Maher, Toby M ^d   Renzoni, Elisabetta A ^d   Wells, Athol U ^d   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Birring, Surinder S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health status; Impact factor; Interstitial lung disease; KBILD; King's Brief Interstitial Lung Disease questionnaire; Quality of life; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE ASSOCIATED INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC NON SPECIFIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONITIS; IDIOPATHIC ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; IMPACT FACTOR METHODOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; KING BRIEF ILD QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; ST. GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84939467619     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.03.021     Document Type: Article

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