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Gerard Flens
Publications - 12
Citations - 201
Gerard Flens is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anxiety & Computerized adaptive testing. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 10 publications receiving 136 citations.
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Simulating Computer Adaptive Testing With the Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire
TL;DR: The findings reveal that developing a MASQ CAT for clinical subjects is useful as it leads to more efficient measurement without compromising the reliability of the test outcomes.
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Development of a Computer Adaptive Test for Depression Based on the Dutch-Flemish Version of the PROMIS Item Bank.
TL;DR: A Dutch-Flemish version of the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) adult V1.0 item bank for depression as input for computerized adaptive testing (CAT) resulted in highly efficient and precise measurement of depression and showed high similarity between the CAT simulation scores and the full item bank scores.
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Differential item functioning of the PROMIS physical function, pain interference, and pain behavior item banks across patients with different musculoskeletal disorders and persons from the general population
Martine H. P. Crins,Caroline B. Terwee,Oguzhan Ogreden,Wouter Schuller,Paul Dekker,Gerard Flens,Daphne C. Rohrich,Leo D. Roorda +7 more
TL;DR: This study supports the universal applicability of PROMIS across (patient) populations and concludes that Comparisons across patients with different musculoskeletal disorders and persons from the general population are valid, when applying thePROMIS-PF, PRomIS-PI, and PROMis-PB banks.
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Development of a Computerized Adaptive Test for Anxiety Based on the Dutch-Flemish Version of the PROMIS Item Bank
Gerard Flens,Niels Smits,Caroline B. Terwee,Joost Dekker,Irma Huijbrechts,Philip Spinhoven,Edwin de Beurs +6 more
TL;DR: The Dutch–Flemish version of the USA PROMIS adult V1.0 item bank for Anxiety is used as input for developing a computerized adaptive test (CAT) to measure the entire latent anxiety continuum and the accuracy was highly similar to that of the full item bank administration.
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Pain, fatigue, depressive symptoms and sleep disturbance in young adults with cerebral palsy.
Marloes van Gorp,Marloes van Gorp,Annet J. Dallmeijer,Leontien van Wely,Leontien van Wely,Vincent de Groot,Caroline B. Terwee,Gerard Flens,Henk J. Stam,Wilma M.A. van der Slot,Marij E. Roebroeck +10 more
TL;DR: Investigate pain, fatigue, depressive symptoms and sleep disturbance in young adults with cerebral palsy compared to references and advise rehabilitation professionals to consider combined treatment for both pain and fatigue.