Measuring Health: A Review of Quality of Life Measurement ScalesThis thoroughly revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive guide to measures of health and is an essential reference resource for all health professionals and students. A new chapter on measuring global quality of life has been included in addition to coverage of popular measures and functioning, anxiety, life satisfaction and well-being and broader status. An updated selection of useful addresses has been incorporated at the end of this revised edition. Key reading for upper level undergraduates and postgraduates in health studies, health sciences, research methods and social sciences. |
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The concept of functional ability | 3 |
THEORY OF MEASUREMENT | 10 |
MEASURING FUNCTIONAL ABILITY | 19 |
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ability activities aged areas arthritis assessment Beck Depression Inventory behaviour Bowling British Journal cancer cent clinical coefficients cognitive concept construct validity content validity convergent validity correlations Cronbach's alpha Depression Scale developed dimensions disability discriminate disease disorders domains elderly emotional evaluation example factor analysis feel Fitts friends functioning Geriatric Gerontology global groups happiness health status included Index indicate instrument internal consistency interview Inventory Kaplan Karnofsky levels loneliness McGill Pain Questionnaire measures Medical ment mental health moderate negative older outcome overall pain patients perceived physical population positive predictive problems psychiatric psychological psychometric psychometric properties questions Rand range Rating Scale relation relationships reliability and validity reported Research response reviewed rheumatoid arthritis sample satisfaction scores SEIQOL self-esteem self-ratings sensitive Sickness Impact Profile social capital social network social support subscales symptoms test-retest reliability tested tion visual analogue scale WHOQOL