Measuring Health: A Review of Quality of Life Measurement Scales

Softcover: 224 pages
ISBN 0335215270
978-0335215270
Open University Press / McGraw Hill
November 2004
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“...a valuable source book for health services researchers, health care providers, and others interested in quantifying quality of life for clinical or research purposes.” - The International Journal for Quality in Health Care

The essential reference to regulate quality health care. Interest in measuring quality of life and broader health status has risen sharply over the past few years, and the production of measurement scales has almost become an industry. For this reason, there is a need to keep Measuring Health up-to-date on pertinent developments and references.

The unique strength of the book lies in author Ann Bowling's ability to provide an accessible commentary and guidance on a range of commonly, and not so commonly, used scales. Each chapter is self-contained, and you can dip into and out of the book or read it in full. Current users of the book praise its user-friendly format and length, which are continued in the third edition.

“...includes accounts of a number of recently developed scales, while retaining the breadth, concision and clarity that marked the first edition.” - Medicine, Healthcare and Philosophy

This thoroughly revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive guide to measures of health and is an essential reference resource for all health professionals, managers and students.

Ann Bowling is a social scientist and is currently Professor of Health Services Research in the Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences at University College London. She directs an active research program and has both PhD and master's programs, including in health services research and policy at UCL. She is also author of Measuring Health, A Review of Quality of Life Measurement Scales and Measuring Disease, A Review of Disease-Specific Quality of Life Measurement Scales, both published by the Open University Press.

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	List of Abbreviations
1	The Conceptualization of functioning, health and quality of life	1
2	Theory of measurement	12
3	The measurement of functional ability	23
	The Older American's Resources and Services Schedule (OARS): Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire	26
	The Stanford Arthritis Center Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ)	29
	The Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale (AIMS)	33
	The Index of Activities of Daily Living (ADL)	36
	Townsend's Disability Scale	39
	The Karnofsky Performance Scale	42
	The Barthel Index	44
	The Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWBS)	46
	The Crichton Royal Behaviour Rating Scale (CRBRS)	49
	The Clifton Assessment Procedures for the Elderly (CAPE)	52
4	Broader measures of health status	56
	The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)	58
	The Nottingham Health Profile (NHP)	64
	The McMaster Health Index Questionnaire (MHIQ)	70
	The Rand Health Insurance Study Batteries	73
	Physical Health Battery	74
	Mental Health Battery	75
	Social Health Battery	78
	General Health Perceptions Battery	79
	The Cornell Medical Index	81
	Spitzer's Quality of Life Index (QL)	85
	Linear Analogue Self Assessment (LASA)	88
	The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ)	90
5	Measures of psychological well-being	93
	Zung's Self Rating Depression Scale	95
	Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale	96
	Hamilton Depression Scale	99
	The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)	101
	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD)	104
	The Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression Scale (SAD)	106
	The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)	108
	The Geriatric Mental State (GMS)	114
	Short Mental-confusion scales	116
	The Mental Status Questionnaire (MSQ)	117
	The Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT)	118
6	Measuring social networks and social support	120
	Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviours (ISSB)	125
	Arizona Social Support Interview Schedule (ASSIS)	127
	Perceived Social Support from Family and Friends	130
	Social Support Questionnaire	131
	Interview Schedule for Social Interaction (ISSI)	133
	The Social Network Scale (SNS)	136
	The Family Relationship Index (FRI)	138
	The Social Support Appraisals Scale (SS-A) and the Social Support Behaviours Scale (SS-B)	140
	Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL)	143
	The Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale	146
7	Measures of life satisfaction and morale	149
	Global items	152
	The Life Satisfaction Index A (LSIA) and Index B (LSIB)	152
	The Life Satisfaction Index Z 13-item version (LSIZ)	156
	The Affect-Balance Scale (ABS)	157
	The Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale	159
	Delighted-Terrible Faces (D-T) Scale	161
	The (Psychological) General Well-Being Schedule (GWBS)	163
	Scales of self-esteem	166
	The Self-Esteem Scale	167
	The Tennessee Self-Concept Scale	169
	Self-Esteem Inventory	171
	References	174

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