Clinimetrics: Assessing Measurement Properties of Health Measurement Instruments
EpidM: Amsterdam UMC/VU
Clinimetrics is the scientific discipline that aims to (1) develop methods of assessing the properties of health measurement instruments, (2) apply those methods to develop new, or evaluate existing, health measurement instruments, with the aim (3) to improve the quality of measurements. The choice of an appropriate measurement instrument is a key issue in all scientific research. Measurement i…