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Psychometric evaluation of The Index of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Symptoms (TIMES). Part II: Criterion-related and discriminant validity, test-retest reliability and minimal detectable difference.

2026-02-27 health systems and quality improvement Title + abstract only
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ObjectiveTo evaluate the criterion-related and discriminant validity, test-retest reliability and minimal detectable difference of The Index of ME Symptoms (TIMES) in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) MethodsPeople with ME/CFS in the UK completed the TIMES online (n=1055). Rasch-transformed interval data and parametric statistics were used: Pearson correlations (with the ME severity scale); analysis of variance; intra-class correlations (ICC) and standard error of meas...

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