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Comparing five depression measures in depressed Chinese patients using item response theory: an examination of item properties, measurement precision and score comparability

BACKGROUND: Item response theory (IRT) has been increasingly applied to patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures. The purpose of this study is to apply IRT to examine item properties (discrimination and severity of depressive symptoms), measurement precision and score comparability across five depres...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Yue, Chan, Wai, Lo, Barbara Chuen Yee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5379497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28372559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-017-0631-y