Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires, 3rd edition
by Ian McDowell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 768
Publication Date: 2006-03-09
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195165675
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195165678
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
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book provides a critical overview of the field of health measurement, with a technical introduction and discussion of the history and future directions for the field. This latest edition updates
anxiety measurement to accompany the one on depression. It has also added new instruments to those previously reviewed in each of the chapters in the book.LChapters cover measurements of physical disability, social health, psychological well-being, anxiety, depression, mental status testing, pain,
general health status and quality of life. Each chapter presents a tabular comparison of the quality of the instruments reviewed, followed by a detailed description of each method, covering its purpose and conceptual basis, its reliability and validity and, where possible, shows a copy of the
actual scale. To ensure accuracy of the information, each review has been approved by the original author of each instrument or by an acknowledged expert. studies require instruments to monitor the outcomes of care and the output of the systems have highlighted the importance of evidence-based medicine and evidence-based health policy. The resulting clinical trials and , this tools and serves as a guide for choosing among them.LNow in its third . However, the over-abundance of competing measurement scales can make choosing a measure difficult at best. Measuring Health provides in-depth reviews of over 100 of the leading the information on each of the measures previously reviewed, and includes a complete new chapter on
Summary: measuring health: a guide to rating scales and questionnaires
Rating: 5
Great resource. A gold-standard for anyone in the field of health psychology
Summary: For reliability and validity
Rating: 5
In an era of accountability, McDowell and Newell do an excellent job of pulling together instruments to assess patients' health. Although this volume was primary designed for Occupational and Physical Therapists, it should have a broader audience. It includes over 80 instruments with a summary on how to employ each device with estimates of reliability and validity. They give more than adequate details to enable the professional to make decisions regarding the quality and appropriateness of each single measure. Users of these tools need to comprehend the extremegood job explaining the difference between ADL and IADL. lengths that it took for McDowell and Newell to accomplish their task. Their work is truly impressive. On pages 47-50, the authors do a particularly
In addition, the authors do a particularly good job in providing technical details needed by professionals to make decisions about the need and appropriateness of an instrument to serve the specific needs of a patient. Students who are learning about calibration of psychometric instruments will also find the work beneficial. They will immediately see the practical application of theoretical concepts presented in classroom decisions. I have placed this fine book on closed serve for students to use after my presentation on reliability and validity.
Every university library should adopt a copy this is fine monograph.
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