Measuring health : a guide to rating scales and questionnaires
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Ian McDowell
- ناشر : Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9780195165678
Description
INTRODUCTION; 1. Background; 2. Selection of instruments for review; 3. Structure of the book; 4. Style and content of the reviews; 5. Format for the reviews; 6. Evauating a health measurement: the user's perspective; THE THEORETICAL AND TECHNICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH MEASUREMENT; 7. The evolution of health indicators; 8. Types of health measurements; 9. Theoretical bases for measurement; 10. Numerical estimates of health: scaling methods; 11. Identifying and controlling biases in subjective judgements; 12. Conceptual bases for health measurements; 13. The quality of a measurement: validity and reliability; 14. Assessing validity; 15. Assessing reliability; 16. Summary; 17. References; PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND HANDICAP; 18. The evolution of physcial disability measurements; 19. Scope of the chapter; 20. Conclusion; SOCIAL HEALTH; 21. Social adjustment and social rules; 22. Social support; 23. Scope of the chapter; 24. Conclusion; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; 25. Scope of the chapter; 26. Conclusion; ANXIETY; 27. Theoretical approaches to anxiety; 28. Anxiety and depression; 29. Anxiety measurements; 30. Conclusion; DEPRESSION; 31. Classifications of depression; 32. Measurement of depression; 33. Scope of the chapter; 34. Conclusion; MENTAL STATUS TESTIN; 35. Measurements of cognition, cognitive impairment and dementia; 36. Scope of the chapter; 37. Conclusion; 38. Additional Instruments; PAIN MEASUREMENTS; 39. Theoretical approaches to pain; 40. Approaches to pain measurement; 41. Questionnaire techniques; 42. Behavioral measurements of pain; 43. Analgue methods; 44. Scope of the chapter; 45. Conclusion; GENERAL HEALTH STATUS AND QUALITY OF LIFE; 46. Measuring quality of life; 47. Scope of the chapter; 48. Conclusion; RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS; 49. The current status of health measurement; 50. Guidelines for developing health measurements; 51. Final remarks
Provides reviews of the quality of over 100 health measurement instruments. This book guides the reader in choosing among rival methods, showing how to administer and score them. It also includes a historical and technical introduction to the field of health measurement.
