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658518
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Fayers, Peter M.
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Quality of life : : assessment, analysis, and interpretation /\ Peter M. Fayers and David Machin.
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| Publication Statement
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Chichester ;New York :: John Wiley,, c2000.
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xii, 404 p. :: ill. ;; 26 cm.
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0471968617 (cased : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-393) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction. Introduction -- Principles of measurement scales. Developing and testing questionnaires. Scores and measurements: validity, reliability, sensitivity-- Multi-item scales -- Factor analysis -- Item response theory and differential item functioning -- Questionnaire development and scoring. Analysis of QoL data. Cross-sectional analysis -- Exploring longitudinal data -- Modelling longitudinal data -- Missing data -- Quality-adjusted survival. Practical aspects and clinical interpretation. Clinical trials -- Sample sizes -- Practical and reporting issues -- Clinical interpretation. Appendix: Examples of instruments. Generic instruments : Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) ; Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) ; Medical Outcomes Study 36-item short form-36 (SF-36) ; EuroQol (EQ-5D) ; Patient Generated Index (PGI) -- Disease-specific instruments : European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC QLQ-C30) ; EORTC Head and Neck Module (EORTC H&N35) ; Functional Assessment of Cancer--General Version (FACT-G) ; Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL) ; Quality of Life in Epilepsy (QOLIE-89) ; Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) -- Domain-specific instruments : Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) ; Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) ; Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) -- ADL and disability : Barthel Index of Disability (modified) (BI) -- Statistical tables : Normal distribution ; Probability points of Normal distribution ; The t-distribution ; The x² distribution ; The F-distribution.
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Quality of life-- Research.
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Outcome assessment (Medical care)
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Health-- Research-- Methodology.
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Research Design.
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Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
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Quality of Life.
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R852.F39 2000
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Machin, David.
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