Instruments for clinical health-care research
By: editors, Marilyn Frank-Stromborg, Sharon J. Olsen.
Contributors: Frank-Stromborg, Marilyn.; Olsen, Sharon J.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 713
Subjects: Nursing Research -- methods
Description: "Instruments for Clinical Health-Care Research, Third Edition will facilitate researching clinical concepts and variables of interest, and will enhance the focus on linking clinical variable assessment with routine measurement of everyday clinical interventions."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Evaluating instruments for use in clinical nursing research; title: Ch. 2. Tool adaptation to reduce health disparities; title: Ch. 3. Measurements issues with children and adolescents; title: Ch. 4. Measurement issues with the elderly; title: Ch. 5. Measurement issues concerning linguistic translations; title: Ch. 6. Physiologic measurement issues; title: Ch. 7. Cultural considerations in research instrumentation development; title: Ch. 8. Measuring function; title: Ch. 9. Measuring cognitive status; title: Ch. 10. Single instruments for measuring quality of life; title: Ch. 11. Multiple instruments for measuring quality of life; title: Ch. 12. Social support: conceptualization and measurement instruments; title: Ch. 13. Measuring coping; title: Ch. 14. Measuring hope; title: Ch. 15. Instruments to measure aspects of spirituality; title: Ch. 16. Measuring body image; title: Ch. 17. Measuring sexuality: physiologic, psychologic, and relationship dimensions; title: Ch. 18. Measuring dietary intake and nutritional outcomes; title: Ch. 19. Measuring sleep; title: Ch. 20. Attitudes toward chronic illness; title: Ch. 21. Selecting a tool for measuring cancer attitudes; title: Ch. 22. Measuring family outcomes; title: Ch. 23. Measuring anxiety; title: Ch. 24. Measuring depression; title: Ch. 25. Measuring healthy lifestyle; title: Ch. 26. Measuring self-care activities; title: Ch. 27. Measuring breast and colorectal cancer screening beliefs and behaviors; title: Ch. 28. Measuring information-seeking behaviors and decision-making preferences; title: Ch. 29. Measuring alterations in taste and smell; title: Ch. 30. Measuring bowel elimination; title: Ch. 31. Measuring cardiac parameters; title: Ch. 32. Measuring physiologic parameters in obstetric nursing; title: Ch. 33. Measuring dyspnea; title: Ch. 34. Measuring fatigue; title: Ch. 35. Measuring mobility and potential for falls; title: Ch. 36. Measuring nausea, vomiting, and retching; title: Ch. 37. Assessing the oral cavity; title: Ch. 38. Measuring pain; title: Ch. 39. Measuring skin integrity; title: Ch. 40. Assessing vaginitis.