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Measurement in Medicine: A Practical Guide
Abstract
The success of the Apgar score demonstrates the astounding power of an appropriate clinical instrument. This down-to-earth book provides practical advice, underpinned by theoretical principles, on developing and evaluating measurement instruments in all fields of medicine. It equips you to choose the most appropriate instrument for specific purposes. The book covers measurement theories, methods and criteria for evaluating and selecting instruments. It provides methods to assess measurement properties, such as reliability, validity and responsiveness, and interpret the results. Worked examples and end-of-chapter assignments use real data and well-known instruments to build your skills at implementation and interpretation through hands-on analysis of real-life cases. All data and solutions are available online. This is a perfect course book for students and a perfect companion for professionals/researchers in the medical and health sciences who care about the quality and meaning of the measurements they perform.
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From Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Version of the Parental Acceptance and Action Questionnaire in Parents with Infants and Toddlers (2023) · cites this paper as [28]
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“We agree with de Vet et al.11 that anchor-based methods should be preferred over distribution-based methods if appropriate anchors are available.”
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- Authors
- de Vet, H. C. W., Terwee, C. B., Mokkink, L. B., & Knol, D. L.
- Affiliations
- Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Venue
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2011-08-11
- OpenAlex
- W4240787498
- Cited by
- 2,321
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 184 · 2025: 274 · 2024: 245 · 2023: 237 · 2022: 268 · 2021: 275 · 2020: 205 · 2019: 147 · 2018: 117 · 2017: 111 · 2016: 84 · 2015: 70 · 2014: 53 · 2013: 36 · 2012: 14
- FWCI
- 45.18
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Health Education and Validation
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Keywords
- measurement instruments, instrument development, instrument evaluation, reliability statistics, validity, responsiveness, measurement properties, Apgar score, psychometrics, health measurement
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