Rasch-family models are more valuable than score-based approaches for analysing longitudinal patient-reported outcomes with missing data

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2067-2087

  De Bock, Élodie ^a   Hardouin, Jean Benoit ^a   Blanchin, Myriam ^a   Le Neel, Tanguy ^a   Kubis, Gildas ^a   Bonnaud Antignac, Angélique ^a   Dantan, Étienne ^a   Sébille, Véronique ^a  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

classical test theory; Item response theory; longitudinal; missing data; patient reported outcomes PROMs; Rasch model

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; RASCH ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS; HUMANS; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84989939966     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280213515570     Document Type: Article

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