TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cappelleri,Joseph C.
AU  - Zou,Kelly H.
AU  - Bushmakin,Andrew G.
AU  - Alvir,Jose MaJ.
AU  - Alemayehu,Demissie
AU  - Symonds,Tara
TI  - Patient-reported outcomes: measurement, implementation and interpretation 
T2  - Chapman & Hall/CRC biostatistics series
SN  - 9781439873670 (hardback)
U1  - 000SB:610 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boca Raton :        
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Statistical Data Interpretation.
KW  - Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
KW  - Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms
KW  - Patient Participation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction --
 2. Development of a patient-reported outcome --
 3. Validity --
 4. Reliability --
 5. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses --
 6. Item response theory --
 7. Cross-sectional analysis --
 8. Longitudinal analysis --
 9. Mediation models --
 10. Missing data --
 11. Enriching interpretation--
References--
Index
N2  - "Covering conceptual and statistical methods, this book discusses the issues related to measuring and interpreting patient reported outcomes (PROs). It begins with a review and background information and then covers measurement scales, validity and reliability, item response theory, and missing data. The book also describes various statistical analysis techniques, including exploratory, cross-sectional, and longitudinal data analysis, and highlights the practical interpretation and application of the techniques in clinical and pharmaceutical settings. SAS code for all methods is available in an appendix and online"--
ER  -