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Objective Somatic items used in depression assessments can potentially overlap with symptoms related to physical illness, including systemic sclerosis (SSc). No studies have looked at whether somatic depression items may be influenced by diffuse versus limited SSc disease subtypes, which are associated with varying degrees of symptom presentation.
Sophie Hu +110 more
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TESTING FOR A CHANGE IN CONSUMER TASTES FOR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: A STRUCTURAL LATENT VARIABLE APPROACH [PDF]
This study uses a structural latent variable approach to examine whether the increased supply of health information has been successful in improving consumer tastes and preferences towards fruits and vegetables and if it has been successful in doing so ...
Molina, Ignacio, Acharya, Ram N.
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Trajectories of Physical Function in Canadian Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Objective We describe trajectories of physical function in children newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and identify trajectories with persisting functional impairments and associated baseline characteristics. Methods We included patients enrolled in the Canadian Alliance of Pediatric Rheumatology Investigators (CAPRI) Registry ...
Clare Cunningham +81 more
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Lyfe-cycle effects on household expenditures: A latent-variable approach [PDF]
Using data from the Spanish household budget survey, we investigate life- cycle effects on several product expenditures. A latent-variable model approach is adopted to evaluate the impact of income on expenditures, controlling for the number of members ...
Eva Ventura, Albert Satorra
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Extracting meaningful information from high-dimensional data poses a formidable modeling challenge, particularly when the data is obscured by noise or represented through different modalities.
Navid Ziaei +4 more
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UTILIZATION OF STATISTICAL METHODS WITHIN THE EUROPEAN PERFORMANCE SATISFACTION INDEX (EPSI) RATING METHODOLOGY [PDF]
The paper deals with the customer satisfaction quantification and factors influencing customer satisfaction. It describes the EPSI Rating methodology, the EPSI causal model and statistical methods, which can be used for estimation of components and ...
ANDREA SÜTŐOVÁ, MAREK ŠOLC
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Scoring ordinal variables for constructing composite indicators
In order to provide composite indicators of latent variables, for example of customer satisfaction, it is opportune to identify the structure of the latent variable, in terms of the assignment of items to the subscales defining the latent variable ...
Marica Manisera
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Objective This study aimed to investigate hand function trajectories over five years in primary hand osteoarthritis (OA). Additionally, determinants of baseline and longitudinal hand function were assessed. Methods A total of 538 patients with both baseline and five‐year study visits were analyzed.
Annemiek V. E. M. Olde Meule +4 more
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Inverse Probability-Weighted Estimation for Dynamic Structural Equation Model with Missing Data
In various applications, observed variables are missing some information that was intended to be collected. The estimations of both loading and path coefficients could be biased when ignoring the missing data.
Hao Cheng
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Associations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity With Frailty Over Five Years of Follow‐up
Objective To evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity is associated with frailty both in cross‐section and longitudinally. Methods Participants within the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) registry enrolled from 2003 to 2022 were included.
Courtney N. Loecker +14 more
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