Responsiveness of the Multiple Sclerosis International Quality of Life questionnaire to disability change: a longitudinal study

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Baumstarck K., Butzkueven H., Fernandez O., Flachenecker P., Stecchi S., Idiman E., ...More

HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES, vol.11, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 11
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-127
  • Journal Name: HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Keywords: Multiple sclerosis, Quality of life, Outcome research, Responsiveness, MusiQoL, SF-36, Longitudinal studies
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Responsiveness, defined as the ability to detect a meaningful change, is a core psychometric property of an instrument measuring quality of life (QoL) rarely reported in multiple sclerosis (MS) studies.