Development of a Specific Health-Related Quality of Life Test in Drug Abusers Using the Rasch Rating Scale Model
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Summary
The test properties studied confirm the adequacy of the RSM for accurate measurement of HRQOL in drug abusers, providing a test for measuring this specific construct in this population.
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- article
- Published
- 2009-01-10
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- 19
- References
- 42
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Keywords
Rasch model, Rating scale, Polytomous Rasch model, Scale (ratio), Test (biology)
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- A Polytomous Rasch Analysis of the English Version of Health-Related Quality of Life for Drug Abusers Test
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- Rasch validation of the early childhood oral health impact scale.
- The value of impulsivity to define subgroups of addicted individuals differing in personality dysfunction, craving, psychosocial adjustment, and wellbeing: a latent class analysis.
- Validation of the English Version of the Health-Related Quality of Life for Drug Abusers (HRQoLDA) Test
- Using the Rasch Measurement Model in Psychometric Analysis of the Family Effectiveness Measure
- Reliability and Validity of the Spanish Version of the Substance Dependence Severity Scale
- Development and validation of a quality of life instrument for patients with drug dependence: Comparisons with SF-36 and WHOQOL-100
- Gender differences in health related quality of life of young heroin users
- Psychometric properties and adaptation of the ASRS in a Spanish sample of patients with substance use disorders: Application of two IRT Rasch models.
- Psychiatric comorbidity and severity of dependence on substance users: how it impacts on their health-related quality of life?
- Quality of Life in Therapeutic Communities for Addictions: A Positive Search for Wellbeing and Happiness
- Sexual Dysfunction and Quality of Life in Chronic Heroin-Dependent Individuals on Methadone Maintenance Treatment
- Health-related quality of life and influencing factors in drug addicts based on the scale QLICD-DA: a cross-sectional study
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