Rasch measurement in health sciences /
Bezruczko, Nikolaus, 1949-
Rasch measurement in health sciences / Nikolaus Bezruczko. - Maple Grove, Minn. : JAM Press, 2005. - xxix, 483 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Measurement theory foundations / Rasch model essentials / Quality and outcome measures for medical rehabilitation / Refining a measure of brain injury sequelae: The Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory / Measuring patient satisfaction and dissatisfaction / Measurement consistency for different language versions of health-related quality of life instruments / Credentialing health care professionals / Task specificity and case dependency of standardized patient-based performance assessment / Assessing radiographic status of rheumatoid arthritis: introduction of a shortened erosion scale / Using Rasch measurement with medical data / Rater effects on disease activity scale / Representing treatment effects with variable maps / Several noncategorical measures define air pollution construct / Development of a short osteoporosis quality of life questionnaire by equating items from two existing instruments / Measuring change: functional activity item calibrations at admission vs. discharge / Rasch model comparison of Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire and Beck Depression Inventory / Dimensionality and scaling issues measuring activities of daily living (ADL) / Fundamental measurement for MEPS/CAHPS quality of care scales / Rasch model isolates quality of life construct in Six WHOQOL-100 data sets (Argentina, France, Hong Kong, Spain, USA, and UK) / Measurement in health research / Nikolaus Bezruczko, John M. Linacre -- Nikolaus Bezruczko -- Carl V. Granger ... [et al.] -- James F. Malec ... [et al.] -- Elizabeth A. Hahn, David Cella -- Chih-Hung Chang, David Cella, Benjamin D. Wright -- Anne Wendt, Donna Surges Tatum -- Linjun Shen -- Frederick Wolfe, Désirée van der Heijde, Arvi Larsen -- Kyle Perkins, Benjamin D. Wright, J. Kevin Dorsey -- Rita K. Bode ... [et al.] -- Everett V. Smith Jr. -- The LIFEware system and Rasch analysis: evaluating functional status of multiple sclerosis patients / Carl V. Granger, Marsha Carlin -- Pedro Alvarez -- Xavier Badia .. [et al.] -- Larry H. Ludlow, Patricia Andres, Stephen M. Haley -- Zhixiao Wang .. [et al.] -- Weimo Zhu, Jae Kennedy -- William P. Fisher, Jr., George Karabatsos -- Emmanuel Ecosse, Alain Leplege, the WHOQOL Rasch group -- Alan Tennant.
0975535129 (hard cover) 0975535137 (soft cover)
2006273806
Medical sciences--Mathematics.
Medical sciences--Research--Methodology.
Psychology--Mathematical models.
R853 .M3B49 2005
Rasch measurement in health sciences / Nikolaus Bezruczko. - Maple Grove, Minn. : JAM Press, 2005. - xxix, 483 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Measurement theory foundations / Rasch model essentials / Quality and outcome measures for medical rehabilitation / Refining a measure of brain injury sequelae: The Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory / Measuring patient satisfaction and dissatisfaction / Measurement consistency for different language versions of health-related quality of life instruments / Credentialing health care professionals / Task specificity and case dependency of standardized patient-based performance assessment / Assessing radiographic status of rheumatoid arthritis: introduction of a shortened erosion scale / Using Rasch measurement with medical data / Rater effects on disease activity scale / Representing treatment effects with variable maps / Several noncategorical measures define air pollution construct / Development of a short osteoporosis quality of life questionnaire by equating items from two existing instruments / Measuring change: functional activity item calibrations at admission vs. discharge / Rasch model comparison of Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire and Beck Depression Inventory / Dimensionality and scaling issues measuring activities of daily living (ADL) / Fundamental measurement for MEPS/CAHPS quality of care scales / Rasch model isolates quality of life construct in Six WHOQOL-100 data sets (Argentina, France, Hong Kong, Spain, USA, and UK) / Measurement in health research / Nikolaus Bezruczko, John M. Linacre -- Nikolaus Bezruczko -- Carl V. Granger ... [et al.] -- James F. Malec ... [et al.] -- Elizabeth A. Hahn, David Cella -- Chih-Hung Chang, David Cella, Benjamin D. Wright -- Anne Wendt, Donna Surges Tatum -- Linjun Shen -- Frederick Wolfe, Désirée van der Heijde, Arvi Larsen -- Kyle Perkins, Benjamin D. Wright, J. Kevin Dorsey -- Rita K. Bode ... [et al.] -- Everett V. Smith Jr. -- The LIFEware system and Rasch analysis: evaluating functional status of multiple sclerosis patients / Carl V. Granger, Marsha Carlin -- Pedro Alvarez -- Xavier Badia .. [et al.] -- Larry H. Ludlow, Patricia Andres, Stephen M. Haley -- Zhixiao Wang .. [et al.] -- Weimo Zhu, Jae Kennedy -- William P. Fisher, Jr., George Karabatsos -- Emmanuel Ecosse, Alain Leplege, the WHOQOL Rasch group -- Alan Tennant.
0975535129 (hard cover) 0975535137 (soft cover)
2006273806
Medical sciences--Mathematics.
Medical sciences--Research--Methodology.
Psychology--Mathematical models.
R853 .M3B49 2005