Clinical impact versus factor analysis for quality of life questionnaire construction

Volume: 50, Issue: 3, Pages: 233 - 238
Published: Mar 1, 1997
Abstract
Objective: We have compared two philosophically different methods for selecting items for a disease-specific quality of life questionnaire. The impact method selects items that are most frequently perceived as important by patients whereas the psychometric method (factor analysis) selects items primarily according to their relationships with one another. Patients: 150 adults with symptomatic asthma and a wide range of disease severity were...
Paper Details
Title
Clinical impact versus factor analysis for quality of life questionnaire construction
Published Date
Mar 1, 1997
Volume
50
Issue
3
Pages
233 - 238
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