Determining a cutoff score for the family burden interview schedule using three statistical methods

Determining a cutoff score for the family burden interview schedule using three statistical methods

Abstract Background While it is widely acknowledged that family burden can be ameliorated with effective psycho-social interventions, how to measure family burden and define a valid cutoff to identify family caregivers in need of such interventions remains a key question. The purpose of the present...

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Main Authors: Yu Yu, Zi-Wei Liu, Wei Zhou, Mei Zhao, Bing-Wei Tang, Shui-Yuan Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Family burden interview schedule (FBIS)
Cutoff
Tree-based modeling
K-means clustering technique
Linear regression
Sensitivity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-019-0734-8

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