Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990sS.R. Walker, Rachel M. Rosser Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 M12 6 - 487 pages It was over five years ago that the Centre for Medicines Research organized a workshop entitled "Quality of Life: Assessment and Application". This workshop brought together a unique group of participants, some of whom had been involved in studies on quality of life for well over a decade, whilst others were meeting the subject for the first time. This blend of experienced researchers and enthusiastic newcomers was a great stimulus to the discus sions which followed individual presentations as well as that resulting from the study groups. In the ensuing publication, a balance was sought between a consideration of the complex principles underlying the assessment of quality of life and the application of such assessments to specific clinical conditions which necessitated this approach. The organization in 1991 of a second workshop entitled "Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990s" resulted in a further consideration of the quality of life philosophy, concepts and key instruments together with an update on assessing quality of life in a number of major disease areas. Of particular importance was an examination of various viewpoints concerned with ethical questions and their implications, and quality oflife from industry, regulatory and health care purchasers' perspectives. As a result of this second workshop, the editors of the original book referred to above decided to produce a second edition with a number of updates and additional chapters. |
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... European cultures and languages , a measure of the impact of childhood illness on the family and an index of distress / depend- ency . JR Johnson , MD , is Head of the Oncology xii QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT : KEY ISSUES IN THE 1990s.
... European cultures and languages , a measure of the impact of childhood illness on the family and an index of distress / depend- ency . JR Johnson , MD , is Head of the Oncology xii QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT : KEY ISSUES IN THE 1990s.
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... distress and burden perceived by the proxy respondent can affect their assessments of patients ' own psychosocial functioning 110 . Two strategies can be employed to improve proxy reporting . First , respondents can nominate their own ...
... distress and burden perceived by the proxy respondent can affect their assessments of patients ' own psychosocial functioning 110 . Two strategies can be employed to improve proxy reporting . First , respondents can nominate their own ...
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... distress and well - being Alertness ; disorientation ; problems in reasoning Acute or chronic reduction in physical activity , mobility , self - care , sleep , communication Performance of activity with vigour and without excessive ...
... distress and well - being Alertness ; disorientation ; problems in reasoning Acute or chronic reduction in physical activity , mobility , self - care , sleep , communication Performance of activity with vigour and without excessive ...
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... distress , decreased sexual performance and satisfaction , and the alteration of usual activities must also be considered . Impairment The concept of disease includes most of the classic morbidity category , and it is at the centre of ...
... distress , decreased sexual performance and satisfaction , and the alteration of usual activities must also be considered . Impairment The concept of disease includes most of the classic morbidity category , and it is at the centre of ...
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... Distress Scale85 and the Symptom Rating Test73 . Psychological symptoms are usually measured by a self - response checklist ; one of the most compre- hensive scales developed for identifying psychological symptoms is the Hopkins Symptom ...
... Distress Scale85 and the Symptom Rating Test73 . Psychological symptoms are usually measured by a self - response checklist ; one of the most compre- hensive scales developed for identifying psychological symptoms is the Hopkins Symptom ...
Contents
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rationale for a single | 65 |
Development testing and use of the Sickness Impact | 95 |
The Nottingham Health Profile | 111 |
an update | 131 |
A health index and output measure | 151 |
A fifteendimensional measure of healthrelated quality | 185 |
The EuroQol quality of life project | 197 |
Measurement of healthrelated quality of life in asthma | 301 |
Measuring quality of life in hypertension | 321 |
Measuring the quality of life of patients with angina | 333 |
Measuring quality of life in psychiatry | 343 |
Measuring the quality of life of patients with skin disease | 355 |
Ethical questions and their implication for QOL studies | 373 |
Industry perspectives on quality of life | 383 |
A regulatory view | 393 |
Indices versus profiles advantages and disadvantages | 209 |
The OnLine Guide to QualityofLife Assessment | 221 |
Measuring the quality of life of patients with cancer | 235 |
Measuring the quality of life of patients with rheumatoid | 269 |
Measuring the quality of life of patients with Parkinsons | 289 |
The cost effectiveness of pharmaceuticals | 401 |
Requirements for health care purchasers | 413 |
The importance of quality of life in policy decisions | 427 |
Appendices | 441 |
Other editions - View all
Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990s S R Walker,Rachel M Rosser No preview available - 1992 |
Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990s S.R. Walker,Rachel M. Rosser No preview available - 2012 |
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