Measuring Functioning and Well-Being: The Medical Outcomes Study Approach (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780822312123)

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.

Author: Anita L. Stewart
ISBN-10: 0822312123
ISBN-13: 9780822312123
Publisher: Duke University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/27/1992
Pages: 456
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.50d