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

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...

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Main Authors: Kamran Yazdani, Saharnaz Nedjat, Masoud Karimlou, Hojjat Zeraati, Kazem Mohammad, Akbar Fotouhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-04-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3592