Quality of life : assessment, analysis, and interpretation

✍ Scribed by Fayers, Peter M.; Machin, David

• Publisher: John Wiley
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 651
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

It is limited gains in survival or cure as an end result of the treatment of terminal illness that has led to an increasing interest in the importance of Quality of Life elements of clinical research.

Abstract: It is limited gains in survival or cure as an end result of the treatment of terminal illness that has led to an increasing interest in the importance of Quality of Life elements of clinical research

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Introduction. Introduction --
Principles of measurement scales. Developing and testing questionnaires. Scores and measurements: validity, reliability, sensitivity--
Multi-item scales --
Factor analysis --
Item response theory and differential item functioning --
Questionnaire development and scoring. Analysis of QoL data. Cross-sectional analysis --
Exploring longitudinal data --
Modelling longitudinal data --
Missing data --
Quality-adjusted survival. Practical aspects and clinical interpretation. Clinical trials --
Sample sizes --
Practical and reporting issues --
Clinical interpretation. Appendix: Examples of instruments. Generic instruments : Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)
Nottingham Health Profile (NHP)
Medical Outcomes Study 36-item short form-36 (SF-36)
EuroQol (EQ-5D)
Patient Generated Index (PGI) --
Disease-specific instruments : European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC QLQ-C30)
EORTC Head and Neck Module (EORTC H & N35)
Functional Assessment of Cancer--General Version (FACT-G)
Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL)
Quality of Life in Epilepsy (QOLIE-89)
Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) --
Domain-specific instruments : Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ)
Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) --
ADL and disability : Barthel Index of Disability (modified) (BI) --
Statistical tables : Normal distribution
Probability points of Normal distribution
The t-distribution
The x² distribution
The F-distribution.

✦ Subjects

Quality of life;Research;Outcome assessment (Medical care);Health;Research;Methodology;Research Design;Outcome Assessment (Health Care);Quality of Life;Quality of life;Health status indicators;Qualité de la vie;Recherche;Méthodologie;Évaluation des résultats (Soins médicaux);Santé;Recherche;Méthodologie;Kwaliteit van het bestaan;Meetmethoden;Serviços de saúde;Gesundheit;Lebensqualität