Establishing language and ethnic equivalence for health-related quality of life item banks and testing their efficiency via computerised adaptive testing simulations.

<h4>Purpose</h4>We aimed to (1) establish linguistic and ethnic equivalence (i.e. lack of bias) for the items in the English and Chinese versions of the Singapore Health and Well Being (SHAWS) Physical Functioning (PF), Positive Mindset (PM) and Social Relationship (SR) item banks (IBs);...

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Main Authors: Yu Heng Kwan, Eva Fenwick, Ying Ying Leung, Warren Fong, Ting Hui Woon, Ling Xiang, Ecosse Lamoureux, Julian Thumboo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298141