Linking Physical and Mental Health Summary Scores from the Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12) to the PROMIS® Global Health Scale

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1524-1530

  Schalet, Benjamin D ^a   Rothrock, Nan E ^a   Hays, Ron D ^b   Kazis, Lewis E ^c   Cook, Karon F ^a   Rutsohn, Joshua P ^a   Cella, David ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

patient reported outcome; PRO; PROMIS Global Health; score linking; Veterans RAND 12 Item Health Survey, VR 12

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES MEASUREMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM GLOBAL HEALTH SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VETERANS RAND 12 ITEM HEALTH SURVEY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FITNESS; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942501145     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3453-9     Document Type: Article

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