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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Item Response Theory

(1) Item Response Theory (IRT) is incorrect theory for high-stake scoring; (2) IRT has no additive structure; IRT has no decomposition theory; (3) IRT is not consistent with Total Score and General Total Score; (4) IRT is not self-consistent; IRT is not complete;
Susan E. Embretson, Steven P. Reise
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Item Response Theory

, 2009
La preocupación con las medidas de los rasgos psicológicos es antigua y muchos estudios y propuestas de métodos fueron desarrollados para lograr este objetivo. Entre estas propuestas de trabajo se incluye la Teoría de la Respuesta al Ítem (TRI) que, en principio, vino a completar las limitaciones de la Teoría Clásica de los Tests, ampliamente utilizada
Araujo, Eutalia Aparecida Candido de, Andrade, Dalton Francisco de, Bortolotti, Silvana Ligia Vincenzi   +2 more
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Estimating learners' vocabulary size under item response theory

Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2014
Perhaps the most qualitatively interpretable vocabulary test score is an estimate of the total number of words the learner knows in the tested domain, such as a frequency word list, or vocabulary taught as part of a course curriculum.
Aaron Gibson, Jeffrey Stewart
doaj   +1 more source

The Schizotypal Ambivalence Scale: An Item Response Theory Analysis

Behavioral Sciences, 2022
Ambivalence has a prominent role in the historical formulations of schizotypy and schizophrenia, as well as borderline personality disorder. However, it has been overlooked by our current diagnostic nomenclature.
Lauren B. Deters, Paul J. Silvia, Thomas R. Kwapil   +2 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Donor Lymphocyte Infusions in Pediatric Patients With Mixed Chimerism After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is an essential therapy for several malignant and nonmalignant diseases, but relapse and graft loss remain the principal threats to its success. Routine monitoring of chimerism and minimal residual disease (MRD) enables early detection of imminent recurrence and guides ...
Carmen Junk, Sebastian Michaelis, Michaela Döring, Thomas Eichholz, Ursula Holzer, Martin Ebinger, Tim Flaadt, Rupert Handgretinger, Peter Lang, Jan Frederic Weller, Markus Mezger   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

An item response theory analysis of PHQ-9

Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
Background: The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is widely used to assess depressive symptom severity in clinical practice and research and is recommended in several guidelines.
Mats Adler, Johan Skånberg, Ulf Brodin, Fabian Lenhard   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Item response theory in educational assessment and evaluation

Mesure et Évaluation en Éducation, 2008
Item response theory provides a useful and theoretically well-founded framework for educational measurement. It supports such activities as the construction of measurement instruments, linking and equating measurements, and evaluation of test bias and ...
Cees A.W. Glas
doaj   +1 more source

Psychometrics With R: A Review Of CRAN Packages For Item Response Theory [PDF]

, 2013
In this paper we review the current state of R packages for Item Response Theory (IRT). We group the available packages based on their purpose and provide an overview of each package's main functionality.
Mair, Patrick, Rusch, Thomas, Hatzinger, Reinhold   +2 more
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