Journal article
Rasch analysis of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System and research implications
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Reliable and valid assessment of the disease burden across all forms of cancer is critical to the evaluation of treatment effectiveness and patient progress. The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (esas) is used for routine evaluation of people attending for cancer care. In the present study, we used Rasch analysis to explore the measurement properties of the esas and to determine the effect of using Rasch-proposed interval-level …
Authors
Cheifetz O; Packham TL; MacDermid JC
Journal
Current Oncology, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 186–194
Publisher
MDPI
Publication Date
April 2014
DOI
10.3747/co.21.1735
ISSN
1198-0052