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Measuring health : a guide to rating scales and questionnaires / Ian McDowell.

Oxford Scholarship Online: Public Health and Epidemiology Available online

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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--Measurement.
Pain.
Psychological 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:
Health surveys.
Questionnaires.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 748 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
3rd ed.
Other Title:
Guide to rating scales and questionnaires
Rating scales and questionnaires
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:
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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