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Quality of life : the assessment, analysis and interpretation of patient-reported outcomes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fayers, Peter M.
Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Other Authors: Machin, David, 1939-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., [2007]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Outcome Assessment, Health Care > methods.
Quality of Life.
Outcome assessment (Medical care)
Quality of life > Research.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Principles of measurement scales
  • Developing a questionnaire
  • Scores and measurements : validity, reliability, sensitivity
  • Multi-item scales
  • Factor analysis and structural equation modelling
  • Item response theory and differential item functioning
  • Item banks, item listing and computer-adaptive tests
  • Choosing and scoring questionnaires
  • Clinical trials
  • Sample sizes
  • Cross-sectional analysis
  • Exploring longitudinal data
  • Modelling longitudinal data
  • Missing data
  • Practical and reporting issues
  • Quality-adjusted survival
  • Clinical interpretation
  • Meta-analysis.