Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 61, Issue 11 , Pages 1132-1143, November 2008

Modified WHODAS-II provides valid measure of global disability but filter items increased skewness

  • Michael Von Korff

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 206-287-2874; fax: 206-287-2871.
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  • Paul K. Crane

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • Jordi Alonso

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Municipal d'Investigacio Medica (IMIM), Spain
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  • Gemma Vilagut

      Affiliations

    • Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Matthias C. Angermeyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Germany
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  • Ronny Bruffaerts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosciences and Psychiatry, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Giovanni de Girolamo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health, AUSL di Bologna, Italy
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  • Oye Gureje

      Affiliations

    • Trimbos Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands
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  • Ron de Graaf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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  • Yueqin Huang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, PRC
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  • Noboru Iwata

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Human and Social Environment, Hiroshima International University Kurose, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Elie G. Karam

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Development Research Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC) P.O. Box 166227, Ashrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
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  • Viviane Kovess

      Affiliations

    • Fondation MGEN pour la Sante Publique, Paris
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  • Carmen Lara

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico, B. Autonomous University of Puebla
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  • Daphna Levinson

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Mental Health Services, Israel
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  • José Posada-Villa

      Affiliations

    • Saldarriaga Concha Foundation, Colombia
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  • Kate M. Scott

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine Otago University, Wellington, New Zealand
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  • Johan Ormel

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Accepted 26 December 2007. published online 11 July 2008.

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PII: S0895-4356(08)00006-1

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.12.009

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 61, Issue 11 , Pages 1132-1143, November 2008

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