A Recommendation Using Item Quality

2008 ◽  
pp. 878-886
Author(s):  
Sung-hoon Cho ◽  
Moo-hun Lee ◽  
Bong-Hoi Kim ◽  
Eui-in Choi
Keyword(s):  
Item Quality

Identifying Measurement Invariant Item Sets in Cross-Cultural Settings Using an Automated Item Selection Procedure

Methodology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 177-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Schultze ◽  
Michael Eid
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Selection Procedure ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Item Selection ◽  
Ant System ◽  
Item Quality ◽  
Ant System Algorithm ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract. In the construction of scales intended for the use in cross-cultural studies, the selection of items needs to be guided not only by traditional criteria of item quality, but has to take information about the measurement invariance of the scale into account. We present an approach to automated item selection which depicts the process as a combinatorial optimization problem and aims at finding a scale which fulfils predefined target criteria – such as measurement invariance across cultures. The search for an optimal solution is performed using an adaptation of the [Formula: see text] Ant System algorithm. The approach is illustrated using an application to item selection for a personality scale assuming measurement invariance across multiple countries.

Using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire to screen psychological distress from survivorship to end-of-life care: dimensionality and item quality

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 954-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Gao ◽  
Daniel Stark ◽  
Michael I. Bennett ◽  
Richard J. Siegert ◽  
Scott Murray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Item Quality

scholarly journals The effects of epileptic seizures upon quality of life

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 110-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscila Camile Barioni Salgado ◽  
Fernando Cendes
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Seizure Frequency ◽  
Seizure Control ◽  
Epileptic Seizures ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Item Quality ◽  
Patients With Epilepsy ◽  
And Control

OBJECTIVE: understand the psychological considerations of the relationship between the effect of seizures upon the patients' perception of seizure control, depression, anxiety and quality of life (QoL). METHODS: 151 adult patients with epilepsy diagnosed for over two years were interviewed and responded the 31-Item Quality of Life in Epilepsy (QOLIE-31), the Trait Form of the State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI II) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). RESULTS: 45 patients were depressed (29.8%) and 29 (19.2%) had anxiety. Depression scores ranged from 0 to 49 (M=7.4; SD=8.9) and anxiety scores ranged from 19 to 69 (M=41.5, SD=11.9). Total QoL score was correlated to seizure control (p<0.001), perception of epilepsy control (p<0.001), anxiety (p<0.001), and depression (p=0.003). The perception of epilepsy control was correlated to seizure control (p<0.001), seizure frequency (p=0.001), anxiety (p<0.001) and depression (p<0.001). Seizure control was associated to anxiety (p=0.033) and depression (p<0.001). There was co-morbidity between anxiety and depression (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: This study highlights the importance of the seizure frequency and control to the evaluation of perception of epilepsy control and shows that anxiety and depression in epilepsy are predicted by seizure-related (seizure frequency and control) and psychosocial aspects (perception of control and QoL) together.

Data Item Quality for Biobanks

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-115
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Shekhovtsov ◽  
Johann Eder
Keyword(s):  
Data Item ◽  
Item Quality

Less is more, or almost as much: A 15-item quality-of-life instrument for myasthenia gravis

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 957-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted M. Burns ◽  
Mark R. Conaway ◽  
Gary R. Cutter ◽  
Donald B. Sanders ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Myasthenia Gravis ◽  
Less Is More ◽  
Life Instrument ◽  
Item Quality

Dementia from the inside: how people with early-stage dementia evaluate their quality of life

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOWAKO KATSUNO
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Psychosocial Wellbeing ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Quality Of Life Index ◽  
Item Quality

The purposes of this study were to explore the self-rated and objectively measured quality of life of people with early-stage dementia and to describe their personal experiences and reactions to the negative public view of dementia. Information was collected from 23 participants who lived in a mid-western United States metropolitan area. Self-ratings were collected by semi-structured and structured interviews, and the objective measures were the Quality of Life Index (QLI) and the Single Item Quality of Life Scale (SIQLS). It was found that 21 of the participants perceived their current QOL as ‘good’ or better, and that the mean scores for the QLI and the SIQLS were 22.8 and 7.3 respectively. Triangulation of the subjective and objective data established their congruence. The QLI scores suggested that people with early-stage dementia often perceived their current life as good and that the participants were as satisfied with their life as the general population. Their accounts also revealed that many had experienced stigma and that this appreciably affected their psychosocial wellbeing. The findings of this study provide new insights into the ways in which health-care professionals and the general public can and should view and treat people with dementia.

Recommendation algorithm based on item quality and user rating preferences

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Guan ◽  
Shimin Cai ◽  
Mingsheng Shang
Keyword(s):  
Recommendation Algorithm ◽  
Item Quality
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