Testing item response theory invariance of the standardized Quality-of-life Disease Impact Scale (QDIS(®)) in acute coronary syndrome patients: differential functioning of items and test.

Purpose: The Quality-of-life (QOL) Disease Impact Scale (QDIS(®)) standardizes the content and scoring of QOL impact attributed to different diseases using item response theory (IRT). This study examined the IRT invariance of the QDIS-standardized IRT parameters in an independent sample.Method: The...

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Publicado en:Quality of Life Research Vol. 24; no. 8; pp. 1809 - 1823
Autores principales: Deng, Nina, Anatchkova, Milena D, Waring, Molly E, Han, Kyung T, Ware Jr, John E, Ware, John E Jr
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Aug2015
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