Developing a Shortened Quality of Life Scale from Persian Version of the WHOQOL-100 Using the Rasch Analysis

• Main Authors: Kamran Yazdani (Author), Saharnaz Nedjat (Author), Masoud Karimlou (Author), Hojjat Zeraati (Author), Kazem Mohammad (Author), Akbar Fotouhi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Few studies use modern approaches to develop a quality of life (QOL) questionnaire with acceptable construct validity, especially in Iran. Our main objective was to construct a new validated and uni-dimensional questionnaire, based on WHOQOL-100, using the Rasch analysis. Methods: In a p...