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A multidimensional latent class Rasch model for the assessment of the Health-related Quality of Life

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The work describes a multidimensional latent class Rasch model and its application to data about the measurement of some aspects of Health-related Quality of Life and Anxiety and Depression in oncological patients.
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“the individuals’ perceptions of their position in life in the context of their culture and the value systems in which they live, and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. It is a broad-ranging concept affected in a complex way by the persons’ physical health, psychological state, level of independence, social relationships, personal beliefs, and their relationship to the salient features of their environment.”

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