Quality of life in the Danish general population – normative data and validity of WHOQOL-BREF using Rasch and item response theory models
- 1 March 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Quality of Life Research
- Vol. 13 (2) , 531-540
Abstract
Background: The main objective of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the WHOQOL-BREF by use of Rasch and Item Response Theory models and to examine the stability of the model...Keywords
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