Methodology for the development and calibration of the SCI-QOL item banks

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 270-287

  Tulsky, David S ^a,b   Kisala, Pamela A ^a   Victorson, David ^d   Choi, Seung W ^c   Gershon, Richard ^d   Heinemann, Allen W ^d,e   Cella, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c CTB MCGRAW HILL   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer adaptive testing; Health related quality of life; Item response theory; Patient reported outcomes; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGICAL QUALITY OF LIFE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES MEASUREMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY QUALITY OF LIFE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; CLASSIFICATION; INJURY SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STANDARDS;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84941216188     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772315Y.0000000034     Document Type: Article

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