Development of a short scale for assessing economic environmental aspects in patients with spinal diseases using Rasch analysis

Abstract Background Economic environmental factors represent important barriers to participation and have deleterious effects on quality of life (QOL) in persons with spinal diseases (SpD). While economic factors are anchored in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health,...

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Main Authors: Judith Gecht, Verena Mainz, Maren Boecker, Hans Clusmann, Matthias Florian Geiger, Markus Tingart, Valentin Quack, Siegfried Gauggel, Allen W. Heinemann, Christian-Andreas Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
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ICF
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-017-0767-9