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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Page 13
... individuals by using lengthy questionnaire items investigating relatively fixed traits . In contrast , a measure used to evaluate change over time would not benefit substantially from including fixed characteristics . It would be more ...
... individuals by using lengthy questionnaire items investigating relatively fixed traits . In contrast , a measure used to evaluate change over time would not benefit substantially from including fixed characteristics . It would be more ...
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... individuals that may result from health - promoting influences and activities . At present , the main approach to assessing the effects of health promotion is to measure subsequent reduction in disease incidence or lengthening of life ...
... individuals that may result from health - promoting influences and activities . At present , the main approach to assessing the effects of health promotion is to measure subsequent reduction in disease incidence or lengthening of life ...
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... individual or a group of people . Quantity of life has been expressed in terms of length of survival , for example , the number of days that a patient survives after undergoing heart transplantation or receiving the newer non ...
... individual or a group of people . Quantity of life has been expressed in terms of length of survival , for example , the number of days that a patient survives after undergoing heart transplantation or receiving the newer non ...
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... individual level include ( 1 ) health care , health habits , health knowledge and attitudes , and use of services ; ( 2 ) social networks and coping skills ; and ( 3 ) economic , educational , and psychological resources . In addition ...
... individual level include ( 1 ) health care , health habits , health knowledge and attitudes , and use of services ; ( 2 ) social networks and coping skills ; and ( 3 ) economic , educational , and psychological resources . In addition ...
Page 23
... individual patients are common tasks for the clinician . Survival is important for patients with conditions that have a poor prognosis . However , it is not the only criterion that patients use when deciding about life - threatening ...
... individual patients are common tasks for the clinician . Survival is important for patients with conditions that have a poor prognosis . However , it is not the only criterion that patients use when deciding about life - threatening ...
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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