Latent Profile Analysis in Health Research: A Case Study

Latent Profile Analysis in Health Research: A Case Study

In recent years, quantitative methods and psychometric analyses have been an integral component in the process of developing and evaluating health measurement instruments. The objective of the present study is to demonstrate the potential and usefulness of the person-centered approach in the field o...

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Published in:2019 22nd International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS) pp. 649 - 654
Main Authors: Ianculescu, Marilena, Balog, Alexandru, Cristescu, Irina, Iordache, Dragos-Daniel, Bajenaru, Lidia
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01-05-2019
Subjects:
e-health
latent profile analysis
Mplus
person-centered approach
PROMIS scale
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Summary:In recent years, quantitative methods and psychometric analyses have been an integral component in the process of developing and evaluating health measurement instruments. The objective of the present study is to demonstrate the potential and usefulness of the person-centered approach in the field of e-health by identifying groups of patients with similar characteristics. Based on a sample of data and using latent profile analysis (LPA) in Mplus 7.4, four profiles (groups) that differ between themselves both quantitatively (level) and qualitative (shape) were identified. A one-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) showed that there are significant differences between the four profiles.
ISSN:2379-0482
DOI:10.1109/CSCS.2019.00117