Measuring Functioning and Well-Being: The Medical Outcomes Study Approach - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0822312123 ISBN 13: 9780822312123

Publisher: Duke University Press Books, 1992

Synopsis

Measuring Functioning and Well-Being is a comprehensive account a broad range of self-reported functioning and well-being measures developed for the Medical Outcomes Study, a large-sale study of how patients fare with health care in the United States. This book provides a set of ready-to-use generic measures that are applicable to all adults, including those well and chronically ill, as well as a methodological guide to collecting health data and constructing health measures. As demand increases for more practical methods to monitor the outcomes of health care, this volume offers a timely and valuable contribution to the field.
The contributors address conceptual and methodological issues involved in measuring such important health status concepts as: physical, social, and role functioning; psychological distress and well-being; general health perceptions; energy and fatigue; sleep; and pain. The authors present psychometric results and explain how to administer, score, and interpret the measures.
Comprising the work of a number of highly respected scholars in the field of health assessment, Measuring Functioning and Well-Being will be of great interest and value to the growing number of researchers, policymakers, and clinicians concerned with the management and evaluation of health care.

About this edition

• Publisher: Duke University Press Books
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0822312123
• ISBN 13: 9780822312123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 456
• Editor: Stewart Anita L., Ware Jr. John E.