Quality of life the assessment, analysis, and interpretation of patient-reported outcomes

• Other Authors: Fayers, Peter M. (Editor), Machin, David 1939- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester John Wiley 2007
• Edition: Second Edition
• Subjects: Outcome Assessment, Health Care > methods; Quality of Life
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Quality of life studies form an essential part of the evaluation of any treatment. Written by two authors who are well respected within this field, Quality of Life: The Assessment, Analysis and Interpretation of Patient-reported Outcomes, Second Edition lays down guidelines on assessing, analysing a...

Table of Contents:

• Principles of measurement scales
• Developing a questionnaire
• Scores and measurements: validity, reliability, sensitivity
• Multi-item scales
• Factor analysis and structural equation modelling
• Item response theory and differential item functioning
• Item banks, item listing and computer-adaptive tests
• Choosing and scoring questionnaires
• Clinical trials
• Sample sizes
• Cross-sectional analysis
• Exploring longitudinal data
• Modelling longitudinal data
• Missing data
• Practical and reporting issues
• Quality-adjusted survival
• Clinical interpretation
• Meta-analysis.