Psychiatry Research
Volume 150, Issue 1 , Pages 97-103 , 28 February 2007

Rasch analysis of the scoring scheme of the HADS Depression subscale in Chinese stroke patients

  • Wai Kwong Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Shatin Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China. Tel.: +86 852 2607 6024; fax: +86 852 2667 1255.
    • ,
  • Eric Wong

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • Helen F.K. Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • Gabor S. Ungvari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Received 14 April 2005 ,Revised 1 January 2006 ,Accepted 12 January 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.01.015

Psychiatry Research
Volume 150, Issue 1 , Pages 97-103 , 28 February 2007

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