Rasch models suggested the satisfactory psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief among lung cancer patients

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 397-408

  Lin, Chung Ying ^a   Yang, Szu Chun ^a   Lai, Wu Wei ^a   Su, Wu Chou ^a   Wang, Jung Der ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

differential item functioning; lung cancer; quality of life; Rasch analysis; unidimensionality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85015280798     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105315603474     Document Type: Article

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