Measuring health
Subtitle: a guide to rating scales and questionnaires
By: Ian McDowell.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 748
ISBN-13: 9780195165678
Subjects: Health surveys; Social surveys; Health status indicators -- Measurement; Health Surveys; Health Status Indicators; Pain Measurement; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychological Tests; Questionnaires
Description: Bringing together widely scattered information on health measurement techniques, this practical reference guide helps the reader choose, administer, and score available questionnaires rating scales. Reviewing 50 measurement instruments, it describes their purpose and conceptual basis, reliability and validity, and shows a copy of the scale.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The theoretical and technical foundations of health measurement; title: Physical disability and handicap; title: Social health; title: Psychological well-being; title: Anxiety; title: Depression; title: Mental status testing; title: Pain measurements.