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A Multidimensional Computerized Adaptive Short-Form Quality of Life Questionnaire Developed and Validated for Multiple Sclerosis: The MusiQoL-MCAT.
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- Multiple sclerosis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2018Review
- Measuring Patient-Reported Outcomes Adaptively: Multidimensionality Matters!Applied psychological measurement · 2018Article
- Modernizing quality of life assessment: development of a multidimensional computerized adaptive questionnaire for patients with schizophrenia.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Computerized adaptive testing with decision regression trees: an alternative to item response theory for quality of life measurement in multiple sclerosis.Patient preference and adherence · 2018Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: Impact of Disease-Modifying Drugs.CNS drugs · 2017Review
- The e-MSWS-12: improving the multiple sclerosis walking scale using item response theory.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Evaluation of quality of life in individuals with severe chronic motor disability: A major challenge.Intractable & rare diseases research · 2016Review
- Neurological Health: Not Merely the Absence of Disease: Current Wellbeing Instruments Across the Spectrum of Neurology.American journal of lifestyle medicineArticle
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Abstract
The aim was to develop a multidimensional computerized adaptive short-form questionnaire, the MusiQoL-MCAT, from a fixed-length QoL questionnaire for multiple sclerosis.A total of 1992 patients were enrolled in this international cross-sectional study. The development of the MusiQoL-MCAT was based on the assessment of between-items MIRT model fit followed by real-data simulations. The MCAT algorithm was based on Bayesian maximum a posteriori estimation of latent traits and Kullback-Leibler information item selection. We examined several simulations based on a fixed number of items. Accuracy was assessed using correlations (r) between initial IRT scores and MCAT scores. Precision was assessed using the standard error measurement (SEM) and the root mean square error (RMSE).The multidimensional graded response model was used to estimate item parameters and IRT scores. Among the MCAT simulations, the 16-item version of the MusiQoL-MCAT was selected because the accuracy and precision became stable with 16 items with satisfactory levels (r ≥ 0.9, SEM ≤ 0.55, and RMSE ≤ 0.3). External validity of the MusiQoL-MCAT was satisfactory.The MusiQoL-MCAT presents satisfactory properties and can individually tailor QoL assessment to each patient, making it less burdensome to patients and better adapted for use in clinical practice.
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