Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires

by IanMcDowell (Author), Claire Newell (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1996

  $3.36

  The first of its kind, this remains the leading reference text on health status measurement instruments. Worldwide economic constraints have stressed the need to monitor the outcomes of care and the output of health systems. This book provides a full and accurate description of 88 questionnaires and clinical rating scales, and reviews evidence for the quality of each measure. Measurements of physical disability, social health, psychological well-being, depression, mental status testing, pain, and general health status or quality of life are covered. This text is intended as a reference work for researchers form the medical and social sciences, and for health professionals wishing to evaluate the progress of their patients.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1987

  $16.19

  This is a convenient guide to the health measurement methods used in health and social surveys, epidemiological studies, and clinical trials. It describes the theory and the leading methods of measurement, all of which rely on subjective judgments in questionnaires and rating scales. The authors discuss the validity and reliability of each method, showing readers how to select the most suitable one, apply it, and score the results. Epidemiologists and health care researchers; social scientists; health care planners and analysts.