Measurement in Medicine - A Practical Guide

Informationen zum Autor Henrica C. W. de Vet is a Professor of Clinimetrics in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam. Caroline B. Terwee is an Assistant Professor of Clinimetrics in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam. Lidwine B. Mokkink is a Research Fellow in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam. Dirk L. Knol is an Assistant Professor of Statistics in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam. Klappentext Provides methods to develop and evaluate measurement instruments in all fields of medicine and quality standards for all measurement properties. Zusammenfassung Measurement instruments are essential in medicine to assess the severity of diseases! monitor health status or evaluate the effects of interventions. Learn how to improve these measurements with this book! which provides handholds for the development and evaluation of measurement instruments in all clinical disciplines. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Concepts, theories and models, and types of measurements; 3. The development of a measurement instrument; 4. Field testing - item reduction and data structure; 5. Reliability; 6. Validity; 7. Responsiveness; 8. Interpretation; 9. Systematic reviews of measurement properties; Index.

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• Authors: Henrica C. W. de, Henrica. C. W. de, Henrica C. W. de Vet, Dirk L. Knol, Knol Dirk L., Lidwine B. Mokkink, Mokkink Lidwine B., Caroline B. Terwee, Terwee Caroline B., Henrica C. W. de Vet, Henrica C. W. De Terwee Vet
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.2011
• EAN: 9780521118200
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11820-0
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Practical Guides to Biostatist; Practical Guides to Biostatistics and Epidemiology; Practical Guides to Biostatist
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Epidemiology & medical statistics, MEDICAL / Biostatistics, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics, Epidemiology and Medical statistics