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Measuring health : a guide to rating scales and questionnaires / Ian McDowell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDowell, Ian, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health surveys.
- Social surveys.
- Health status indicators--Measurement.
- Health status indicators.
- Psychiatric rating scales.
- Pain--Mesurement.
- Pain.
- Psychologicla tests.
- Questionnaires.
- Health Surveys.
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales.
- Health Status Indicators.
- Pain Measurement.
- Psychological Tests.
- Surveys and Questionnaires.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Surveys.
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales.
- Health Status Indicators.
- Pain Measurement.
- Psychological Tests.
- Surveys and Questionnaires.
- Genre:
- Electronic reference sources
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (765 p.)
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text provides reviews of the quality of over 100 health measurement instruments. It 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.
- Contents:
- The theoretical and technical foundations of health measurement
- Physical disability and handicap
- Social health
- Psychological well-being
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Mental status testing
- Pain measurements
- General health status and quality of life
- Recommendations and conclusion.sion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: McDowell, Ian, 1947- Measuring health.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-91453-X
- 0-19-972530-6
- 1-4294-2040-5
- OCLC:
- 607849849
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