Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires - Couverture rigide

McDowell, Ian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195103718 ISBN 13 : 9780195103717

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1996

Synopsis

The first of its kind, this remains the leading reference text on health status measurement instruments. Worldwide economic constraints have stressed the need to monitor the outcomes of care and the output of health systems. This book provides a full and accurate description of 88 questionnaires and clinical rating scales, and reviews evidence for the quality of each measure. Measurements of physical disability, social health, psychological well-being, depression, mental status testing, pain, and general health status or quality of life are covered. This text is intended as a reference work for researchers form the medical and social sciences, and for health professionals wishing to evaluate the progress of their patients.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Worldwide concerns over the cost of medical care have highlighted the importance of evidence-based medicine. Resulting clinical trials require instruments to monitor the outcome of care and the output of the health system. Measuring Health is a reference text that provides in-depth reviews of over 100 leading health measurements used for these purposes. It guides the reader in choosing among rival methods and provides the information needed to apply and interpret each instrument. The book also provides a technical and historical introduction to the field of health measurement, and discusses future directions in the field. This third edition updates the information on each of the measures previously reviewed; it includes additional measures in each of the chapters and adds a chapter on anxiety measurement. Other chapters include disability, psychological well-being, depression, mental status, social health, pain and quality of life.

Revue de presse

...a real masterpiece...a magisterial overview of the science - and to put it mildly, it knocks the socks off almost all the (admittedly limited) competition...There is little chance of bettering this volume...unreservedly commended. ( Public Health)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195103718
• ISBN 13: 9780195103717
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 523
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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