Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10302198 | Journal of Psychiatric Research | 2013 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
A major consideration in undertaking the present study was to assess the extent to which the outcome of QOL studies in FEP were valid and that systematic error did not provide another plausible explanation for findings. Establishing convergent validity demonstrates that either tool could be used satisfactorily to measure the QOL construct identified however; we did not establish discriminant validity. Doing so would have demonstrated that QOL domains are substantively different in that they contain some unique piece of information determining clinical utility. These findings are important for our understanding of multi-dimensional models of QOL.
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Authors
Laoise Renwick, John Lyne, Elizabeth Owens, Brian O' Donoghue, Kevin Madigan, Niall Turner, Jonathan Drennan, Ann Sheridan, Anthony Kinsella, Mary Clarke, Eadbhard O' Callaghan,