Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 193-197, March 1999

How Should Importance and Severity Ratings Be Combined for Item Reduction in the Development of Health Status Instruments?

  • Robert G. Marx

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Research Program, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Claire Bombardier

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, Health Administration, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Sheilah Hogg-Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • James G. Wright

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Research Program, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. James G. Wright, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, S-107, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8

Accepted 6 November 1998.

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PII: S0895-4356(98)00169-3

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 193-197, March 1999

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