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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830868903321

Autore

Fayers Peter M.

Titolo

Quality of Life : The Assessment, Analysis and Interpretation of Patient‐Reported Outcomes / / Peter M. Fayers, David Machin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England, : , : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., , 2018

©2018

ISBN

0-471-96861-7

1-280-55484-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (544 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

362.1072

Soggetti

Quality of life - Research

Health - Research - Methodology

Quality of life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

5.3 Correlations -- 5.4 Construct validity -- 5.5 Cronbach's α and internal consistency -- 5.6 Implications for causal items -- 5.7 Conclusions -- 6 Factor analysis and structural equation modelling -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Correlation patterns -- 6.3 Path diagrams -- 6.4 Factor analysis -- 6.5 Factor analysis of the HADS questionnaire -- 6.6 Uses of factor analysis -- 6.7 Applying factor analysis: choices and decisions -- 6.8 Assumptions for factor analysis -- 6.9 Factor analysis in QoL research -- 6.10 Limitations of correlation-based analysis -- 6.11 Causal models.

Sommario/riassunto

Quality of life studies form an essential part of the evaluation of any treatment. Written by two authors who are well respected within this field, Quality of Life: The Assessment, Analysis and Interpretation of Patient-reported Outcomes, Second Edition lays down guidelines on assessing, analysing and interpreting quality of life data.