3. Choosing a Quality of Life Measure for Your Study
Published Online: 10 SEP 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9780470840481.ch3
Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Quality of Life Outcomes in Clinical Trials and Health-Care Evaluation: A Practical Guide to Analysis and Interpretation
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How to Cite
Walters, S. J. (2009) Choosing a Quality of Life Measure for Your Study, in Quality of Life Outcomes in Clinical Trials and Health-Care Evaluation: A Practical Guide to Analysis and Interpretation, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470840481.ch3
Publication History
- Published Online: 10 SEP 2009
- Published Print: 25 SEP 2009
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ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470753828
Online ISBN: 9780470686140
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- assessing QoL using ‘off-the-shelf’ instrument;
- ‘belt-and-braces’ approach for QoL assessment;
- SF-36, widely used QoL instruments;
- criterion validity and new QoL scale correlation with external criteria;
- face validity and content validity;
- construct validity - convergent validity and discriminant validity;
- Western Ontario McMaster Osteoarthritis index (WOMAC) and Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ);
- floor and ceiling effects;
- repeatability reliability for QoL data types;
- responsiveness to detect clinically significant or practically important change
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Summary
Introduction
How to choose between instruments
Appropriateness
Acceptability
Feasibility
Validity
Reliability
Responsiveness
Precision
Interpretability
Finding quality of life instruments