Differential Item Functioning (DIF) in composite health measurement scale: Recommendations for characterizing DIF with meaningful consequences within the Rasch model framework.

Alexandra RouquetteJean-Benoit HardouinAlexis VanhaesebrouckVéronique SébilleJoël Coste

Published in: PloS one (2019)

This work provides the first recommendations on how to deal in practice with the presence of DIF in composite measurement scales used in health research studies.

Keyphrases

healthcare
psychometric properties
clinical practice
public health
primary care
mental health
health information
health promotion
climate change
human health