camr_inventories: Pre-defined Output for Known Scales and Subscales

In rettopnivek/camrprojects: Portable Functions for R Projects at CAM-MGH

Pre-defined Output for Known Scales and Subscales

Description

A convenience function that, given an abbreviation for a scale, inventory, or questionnaire, returns a list of information useful for data dictionary purposes.

Usage

camr_inventories(abbreviation = NULL, subscale = "")

Arguments

abbreviation	The abbreviation for a scale, used to look up the associated pre-defined output.
subscale	The name of a subscale of the scale given above, used to look up the relevant ancillary output.

Value

A list consisting of...

• Description A brief description of the scale/subscale and its purpose

• Scale A list with the scale name, abbreviation, number of items, lowest to highest possible score (if applicable), clinical cut-offs (if applicable), and APA-styled references for the scale development/interpretation;

• Subscale A list with the subscale name, number of items, lowest to highest possible score, clinical cut-offs (if applicable).

• Units The units of measurement.

Author(s)

Megan Cooke, Jacob Weiss, Kevin Potter

Examples

# List all possible inputs (i.e., known
# scales, inventories, and questionnaires)
camr_inventories()

# Example input
camr_inventories( 'HADS' )
camr_inventories( 'HADS', subscale = 'Anxiety' )

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