Measuring health : a guide to rating scales and questionnaires /

Measuring health : a guide to rating scales and questionnaires /

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Author / Creator:McDowell, Ian, 1947-
Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, c2006.
Description:xvi, 748 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Health surveys.
Social surveys.
Health status indicators -- Measurement.
Health Surveys.
Health Status Indicators.
Pain Measurement.
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales.
Psychological Tests.
Questionnaires.
Health status indicators -- Measurement.
Health surveys.
Social surveys.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5893615
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ISBN:9780195165678 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195165675 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Exhibits
  • 1. Introduction
  • Background
  • Selection of Instruments for Review
  • Structure of the Book
  • Style and Content of the Reviews
  • Format for the Reviews
  • Evaluating a Health Measurement: The User's Perspective
  • 2. The Theoretical and Technical Foundations of Health Measurement
  • The Evolution of Health Indicators
  • Types of Health Measurements
  • Theoretical Bases for Measurement: Psychophysics and Psychometrics
  • Numerical Estimates of Health
  • Scaling Methods
  • Psychometric Methods
  • Methods Derived from Economics and Decision Analysis
  • Identifying and Controlling Biases in Subjective Judgments
  • Conceptual Bases for Health Measurements
  • The Quality of a Measurement: Validity and Reliability
  • Assessing Validity
  • Criterion Validity
  • Construct Validity
  • Correlational Evidence of Validity
  • Factorial Validity
  • Group Differences and Sensitivity to Change
  • Construct Validity: Conclusion
  • Assessing Reliability
  • Internal Consistency
  • Interpreting Reliability Coefficients
  • Summary
  • 3. Physical Disability and Handicap
  • The Evolution of Physical Disability Measurements
  • Scope of the Chapter
  • The Pulses Profile
  • The Barthel Index
  • The Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living, or ADL
  • The Kenny Self-Care Evaluation
  • The Physical Self-Maintenance Scale
  • The Disability Interview Schedule
  • The Lambeth Disability Screening Questionnaire
  • The OECD Long-Term Disability Questionnaire
  • The Functional Status Rating System
  • The Rapid Disability Rating Scale
  • The Functional Status Index
  • The Patient Evaluation Conference System
  • The Functional Activities Questionnaire
  • The Health Assessment Questionnaire
  • The MOS Physical Functioning Measure
  • The Functional Autonomy Measurement System
  • The Functional Independence Measure
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Social Health
  • Social Adjustment and Social Roles
  • Social Support
  • Scope of the Chapter
  • The Social Relationship Scale
  • The Social Support Questionnaire
  • The RAND Social Health Battery
  • The MOS Social Support Survey
  • The Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire
  • The Duke Social Support and Stress Scale
  • The Katz Adjustment Scales
  • The Social Functioning Schedule
  • The Interview Schedule for Social Interaction
  • The Social Adjustment Scale
  • The Social Maladjustment Schedule
  • The Social Dysfunction Rating Scale
  • The Structured and Scaled Interview to Assess Maladjustment
  • Conclusion
  • 5. Psychological Well-being
  • Scope of the Chapter
  • The Health Opinion Survey
  • The Twenty-Two Item Screening Score of Psychiatric Symptoms
  • The Affect Balance Scale
  • The Positive and Negative Affect Scale
  • The Life Satisfaction Index
  • The Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale
  • The General Well-Being Schedule
  • The RAND Mental Health Inventory
  • The Health Perceptions Questionnaire
  • The General Health Questionnaire
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Anxiety
  • Theoretical Approaches to Anxiety
  • Anxiety and Depression
  • Anxiety Measurements
  • The Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale
  • The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale
  • The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
  • The Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale
  • The Zung Anxiety Status Inventory
  • The Beck Anxiety Inventory
  • The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales
  • The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Depression
  • Classifications of Depression
  • Measurement of Depression
  • Scope of the Chapter
  • The Beck Depression Inventory
  • The Self-Rating Depression Scale
  • The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
  • The Geriatric Depression Scale
  • The Depression Adjective Check Lists
  • The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
  • The Brief Assessment Schedule-Depression
  • The Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale
  • The Carrol Rating Scale for Depression
  • Conclusion
  • 8. Mental Status Testing
  • Measurements of Cognition, Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia
  • Scope of the Chapter
  • The Dementia Rating Scale
  • The Cognitive Capacity Screening Examination
  • The Clock Drawing Test
  • The Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale
  • The Information-Memory-Concentration Test
  • The Dementia Scale
  • The Mental Status Questionnaire
  • The Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
  • The Mini-Mental State Examination
  • The Modified Mini-Mental State Test
  • The Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly
  • The Clifton Assessment Procedures for the Elderly
  • The Cambridge Mental Disorders of the Elderly Examination
  • Conclusion
  • Additional Instruments
  • Screening Tests
  • Instruments for Clinical Application
  • Diagnostic Instruments
  • 9. Pain Measurements
  • Theoretical Approaches to Pain
  • Approaches to Pain Measurement
  • Questionnaire Techniques
  • Behavioral Measurements of Pain
  • Analogue Methods
  • Scope of the Chapter
  • Visual Analogue Pain Rating Scales
  • The McGill Pain Questionnaire
  • The Brief Pain Inventory
  • The Medical Outcomes Study Pain Measures
  • The Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire
  • The Back Pain Classification Scale
  • The Pain and Distress Scale
  • The Illness Behavior Questionnaire
  • The Pain Perception Profile
  • Conclusion
  • 10. General Health Status and Quality of Life
  • Measuring Quality of Life
  • Scope of the Chapter
  • The Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales
  • The Physical and Mental Impairment-of-Function Evaluation
  • The Functional Assessment Inventory
  • The Functional Living Index-Cancer
  • The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy
  • The EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire
  • The Quality-Adjusted Time Without Symptoms and Toxicity Method
  • The Quality of Life Index
  • The COOP Charts for Primary Care Practices
  • Single-Item Health Indicators
  • The Functional Status Questionnaire
  • The Duke Health Profile
  • The OARS Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire
  • The Comprehensive Assessment and Referral Evaluation
  • The Multilevel Assessment Instrument
  • The Self-Evaluation of Life Function Scale
  • McMaster Health Index Questionnaire
  • The World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale
  • The Sickness Impact Profile
  • The Nottingham Health Profile
  • The Short-Form-36 Health Survey
  • The Short-Form-12 Health Survey
  • The Disability and Distress Scale
  • The Quality of Well-Being Scale
  • The Health Utilities Index
  • The EuroQol EQ-5D Quality of Life Scale
  • Conclusion
  • 11. Recommendations and Conclusions
  • The Current Status of Health Measurement
  • Guidelines for Developing Health Measurements
  • Final Remarks
  • Glossary of Technical Terms
  • Index
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