Issue 7/2018
Special Section: Test Construction
Content (25 Articles)
Introduction to special section: test construction
Muirne C. S. Paap, Jan R. Böhnke, Carolyn E. Schwartz, Frans J. Oort
Measurement versus prediction in the construction of patient-reported outcome questionnaires: can we have our cake and eat it?
Niels Smits, L. Andries van der Ark, Judith M. Conijn
Ensuring content validity of patient-reported outcomes: a shadow-test approach to their adaptive measurement
Seung W. Choi, Wim J. van der Linden
Application of validity theory and methodology to patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs): building an argument for validity
Melanie Hawkins, Gerald R. Elsworth, Richard H. Osborne
Fit for purpose and modern validity theory in clinical outcomes assessment
Michael C. Edwards, Ashley Slagle, Jonathan D. Rubright, R. J. Wirth
Scale development with small samples: a new application of longitudinal item response theory
Carrie R. Houts, Robert Morlock, Steven I. Blum, Michael C. Edwards, R. J. Wirth
Measurement invariance, the lack thereof, and modeling change
Michael C. Edwards, Carrie R. Houts, R. J. Wirth
The use of latent variable mixture models to identify invariant items in test construction
Richard Sawatzky, Lara B. Russell, Tolulope T. Sajobi, Lisa M. Lix, Jacek Kopec, Bruno D. Zumbo
A meta-analytic review of measurement equivalence study findings of the SF-36® and SF-12® Health Surveys across electronic modes compared to paper administration
Michelle K. White, Stephen M. Maher, Avery A. Rizio, Jakob B. Bjorner
Preference-based measures to obtain health state utility values for use in economic evaluations with child-based populations: a review and UK-based focus group assessment of patient and parent choices
Jane L. Wolstenholme, Danielle Bargo, Kay Wang, Anthony Harnden, Ulla Räisänen, Lucy Abel
A review of preference-based measures for the assessment of quality of life in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy
Christine Mpundu-Kaambwa, Gang Chen, Elisabeth Huynh, Remo Russo, Julie Ratcliffe
Do country-specific preference weights matter in the choice of mapping algorithms? The case of mapping the Diabetes-39 onto eight country-specific EQ-5D-5L value sets
Admassu N. Lamu, Gang Chen, Thor Gamst-Klaussen, Jan Abel Olsen
Health state utility values of high prevalence mental disorders in Australia: results from the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Lidia Engel, Long Khanh-Dao Le, Anne Magnus, Meredith Harris, Mary Lou Chatterton
People in states worse than dead according to the EQ-5D UK value set: would they rather be dead?
Lars Bernfort, Björn Gerdle, Magnus Husberg, Lars-Åke Levin
Evaluation of options for presenting health-states from PROMIS® item banks for valuation exercises
Janel Hanmer, David Cella, David Feeny, Baruch Fischhoff, Ron D. Hays, Rachel Hess, Paul A. Pilkonis, Dennis Revicki, Mark Roberts, Joel Tsevat, Lan Yu
Agreement between retrospectively and contemporaneously collected patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in hip and knee replacement patients
Esther Kwong, Jenny Neuburger, Nick Black
Coping mediates the relationship between sense of coherence and mental quality of life in patients with chronic illness: a cross-sectional study
Marja-Leena Kristofferzon, Maria Engström, Annika Nilsson
Quality of life of patients with gastrointestinal cancers undergoing chemotherapy
Ilufredo Y. Tantoy, Bruce A. Cooper, Anand Dhruva, Janine Cataldo, Steven M. Paul, Yvette P. Conley, Marilyn Hammer, Kord M. Kober, Jon D. Levine, Christine Miaskowski
Importance ratings on patient-reported outcome items for survivorship care: comparison between pediatric cancer survivors, parents, and clinicians
Conor M. Jones, Justin N. Baker, Rachel M. Keesey, Ruth J. Eliason, Jennifer Q. Lanctot, Jennifer L. Clegg, Belinda N. Mandrell, Kirsten K. Ness, Kevin R. Krull, Deokumar Srivastava, Christopher B. Forrest, Melissa M. Hudson, Leslie L. Robison, I-Chan Huang
PROMIS®-29 v2.0 profile physical and mental health summary scores
Ron D. Hays, Karen L. Spritzer, Benjamin D. Schalet, David Cella
The importance of content and face validity in instrument development: lessons learnt from service users when developing the Recovering Quality of Life measure (ReQoL)
Janice Connell, Jill Carlton, Andrew Grundy, Elizabeth Taylor Buck, Anju Devianee Keetharuth, Thomas Ricketts, Michael Barkham, Dan Robotham, Diana Rose, John Brazier
The modified Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale Short Form: a modified response format and rational scoring rules
J. L. Sharp, K. Gough, M. C. Pascoe, A. Drosdowsky, V. T. Chang, P. Schofield
Validation of the PROMIS Sleep Disturbance and Sleep-Related Impairment item banks in Dutch adolescents
Jojanneke A. M. C. van Kooten, Raphaёle R. L. van Litsenburg, Whitney R. Yoder, Gertjan J. L. Kaspers, Caroline B. Terwee
Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Child Health Utility 9D (CHU9D-CHN): a school-based study in China
Peirong Yang, Gang Chen, Peng Wang, Kejian Zhang, Feng Deng, Haifeng Yang, Guihua Zhuang
Activity pacing: moving beyond taking breaks and slowing down
Deborah Antcliff, Philip Keeley, Malcolm Campbell, Steve Woby, Anne-Maree Keenan, Linda McGowan