Rasch models suggested the satisfactory psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief among lung cancer patients

Chung-Ying Lin; Szu Chun Yang; Wu Wei Lai; Wu Chou Su; Jung Der Wang

doi:10.1177/1359105315603474

Rasch models suggested the satisfactory psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief among lung cancer patients

Chung-Ying Lin
, Szu Chun Yang
, Wu Wei Lai
, Wu Chou Su
, Jung Der Wang

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Abstract

The study examined whether the items of the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief questionnaire can assess its four underlying domains (Physical, Psychological, Social, and Environment) in a sample of lung cancer patients. All patients (n = 1150) were recruited from a medical center in Tainan, and each participant completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief. Several Rasch rating scale models were used to examine the data-model fit, and Rasch analyses corroborated that each domain of the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief could be unidimensional. Although three items were found to have a poor fit, all the other items fit the unidimensionality with ordered thresholds.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	397-408
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105315603474
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

differential item functioning
lung cancer
quality of life
Rasch analysis
unidimensionality

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Applied Psychology

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Rasch models suggested the satisfactory psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief among lung cancer patients. / Lin, Chung-Ying; Yang, Szu Chun; Lai, Wu Wei et al.
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Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review

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