TY - BOOK AU - Fayers,Peter M. AU - Machin,David TI - Quality of life: the assessment, analysis, and reporting of patient-reported outcomes SN - 9781118759011 (Adobe PDF) AV - R852 U1 - 362.1072 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, UK, Hoboken, NJ PB - John Wiley & Sons Inc. KW - Outcome assessment (Medical care) KW - Quality of life KW - Research KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Social Security KW - bisacsh KW - Social Services & Welfare KW - fast KW - Outcome Assessment KW - methods KW - Patient Outcome Assessment KW - Quality of Life KW - Research Design KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Principles of measurement scales -- Developing a questionnaire -- Scores and measurement : validity, reliability, sensibility -- Multi-item scales -- Factor analysis and structural equation modelling -- Item response theory and differential item functioning -- Item banks, item linking, and computer-adaptive tests -- Choosing and scoring questionnaires -- Clinical trials -- Samples sizes -- Cross-sectional analysis -- Exploring longitudinal data -- Modelling longitudinal data -- Missing data -- Practical and reporting issues -- Death and quality-adjusted survival -- Clinical interpretation -- Biased reporting and response shift -- Meta-analysis UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118758991 ER -