Item reduction based on rigorous methodological guidelines is necessary to maintain validity when shortening composite measurement scales.

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Date publication

juillet 2013

Journal

Journal of clinical epidemiology

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr GOETZ Christophe, Pr GUILLEMIN Francis, Pr LEMETAYER Fabienne, Pr SPITZ Elisabeth, Dr RAT Anne-Christine


Tous les auteurs :
Goetz C, Coste J, Lemetayer F, Rat AC, Montel S, Recchia S, Debouverie M, Pouchot J, Spitz E, Guillemin F

Résumé

To review current practice and update guidelines for the methodology of shortening composite measurement scales (CMSs).

Mots clés

Data Collection, methods, Epidemiologic Methods, Guidelines as Topic, Humans, Psychometrics, standards, Reproducibility of Results, Research Design, standards, Statistics as Topic

Référence

J Clin Epidemiol. 2013 Jul;66(7):710-8