Quality of Life
The Assessment, Analysis and Interpretation of Patient-reported Outcomes
2nd Edition
Published on 2. March 2007
Book
Hardback
566 pages
978-0-470-02450-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 and interpreting quality of life data. The new edition of this standard book has been completely revised, updated and expanded to reflect many methodological developments emerged since the publication of the first edition.
* Covers the design of instruments, the practical aspects of implementing assessment, the analyses of the data, and the interpretation of the results
* Presents all essential information on Quality of Life Research in one comprehensive volume
* Explains the use of qualitative and quantitative methods, including the application of basic statistical methods
* Includes copious practical examples
* Fills a need in a rapidly growing area of interest
* New edition accommodates significant methodological developments, and includes chapters on computer adaptive testing and item banking, choosing an instrument, systematic reviews and meta analysis
This book is of interest for everyone involved in quality of life research, and it is applicable to medical and non-medical, statistical and non-statistical readers. It is of particular relevance for clinical and biomedical researchers within both the pharmaceutical industry and practitioners in the fields of cancer and other chronic diseases.
Reviews of the First Edition - Winner of the first prize in the Basis of Medicine Category of the BMA Medical Book Competition 2001:
"This book is highly recommended to clinicians who are actively involved in the planning, analysis and publication of QoL research." CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
"This book is highly recommended reading." QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
Reviews / Votes
"The updates in this edition retain the high standards set forth in the original book. This book is written at a level that is understandable to the relative novice in terms of QOL assessment and provides excellent examples, but also has details and formulas to satisfy methologically advanced researchers. This book is excellent reference for anyone needing a comprehensive but accessible text on QOL and PROs assessment." (Biometrics, September 2008) "This book is exceptionally well written and nicely illustrated and has an excellent style, all of which make it a pleasure to read." (Journal of the American Statistical Association, September 2008)More details
Edition
2. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 25.1 cm
Width: 16.8 cm
Thickness: 3.4 cm
Weight
1054 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-02450-8 (9780470024508)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Peter M. Fayers | David Machin
Quality of Life
The Assessment, Analysis and Reporting of Patient-reported Outcomes
Book
01/2016
3rd Edition
Wiley
€119.50
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Previous edition
Book
04/2000
1st Edition
Wiley
€159.00
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Persons
Peter Fayers, University of Aberdeen Medical School, UK, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Tronheim, Norway
David Machin, Division of Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Sciences, National Cancer Center, Singapore, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, England United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG), University of Leicester,UK
Content
Preface to the first edition.
Preface to the second edition.
List of abbreviations.
Part A. Introduction.
1. Introduction.
2. Principles of measurement scales.
Part B. Developing and Testing Questionnaires.
3. Developing a questionnaire.
4. Scores and measurements: validity, reliability, sensitivity.
5. Multi-item scales.
6. Factor analysis and structural equation modelling.
7. Item response theory and differential item functioning.
8. Item banks, item listing and computer-adaptive tests.
Part C. Clinical Trials.
9. Choosing and scoring questionnaires.
10. Clinical trials.
11. Sample sizes.
Part D. Analysis of QoL Data.
12. Cross-sectional analysis.
13. Exploring longitudinal data.
14. Modelling longitudinal data.
15. Missing data.
16. Practical and reporting issues.
Part E. Beyond Clinical Trials.
17. Quality-adjusted survival.
18. Clinical interpretation.
19. Meta-analysis.
Appendix Examples of Instruments.
Generic instruments.
[L, flush left]E1 Sickness Impact Profile (SIP).
E2 Nottingham Health Profile (NHP).
E3 Health Survey Standard Version (SF-36v2).
E4 EuroQoL (EQ-5D).
E5 Patient Generated Index (PGI).
Disease-specific instruments.
E6 European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC QLQ-C30).
E7 EORTC Head and Neck Module (EORTC H&N35).
E8 Functional Assessment of Cancer - General version (FACT-G).
E9 Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL).
E10 Quality of Life in Epilepsy (QOLIE-89).
E11 Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ).
Domain-specific instruments.
E12 Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).
E13 Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ).
E14 Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20).
ADL and disability.
E15 Barthel Index of disability (modified) (BI).
Statistical tables.
T1 Normal distribution.
T2 Normal distribution - percentage points.
T3 t-distribution.
T4 ?2 distribution.
T5 F-distribution.
References.
Index.