Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 1 , Pages 67-71 , January 2010

From dysphonia to dysphoria: Mokken scaling shows a strong, reliable hierarchy of voice symptoms in the Voice Symptom Scale questionnaire

  • Ian J. Deary

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, 7 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK. Tel.: +44 131 650 3452; fax +44 131 651 1771.
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  • Janet A. Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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  • Paul N. Carding

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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  • Kenneth MacKenzie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
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  • Roger Watson

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, UK

Received 22 October 2008 ,Revised 1 June 2009 ,Accepted 9 June 2009.

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☆ The work was undertaken by The University of Edinburgh Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, part of the cross council Lifelong Health and Wellbeing Initiative.

PII: S0022-3999(09)00261-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.06.008

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 1 , Pages 67-71 , January 2010

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