Performance of health-status scales when used selectively or within multi-scale questionnaire

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-5

  Gummesson, Christina ^a   Atroshi, Isam ^b   Ekdahl, Charlotte ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2942735429     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-3-3     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Ware JE, Snow KK, Kosinski M and Gandek B SF-36 health survey manual and interpretation guide. Boston: New England Medical Center 1993,
2. Ware JE and Sherbourne CD The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36): conceptual framework and item selection. Med Care 1992, 30:473-483
3. Jenkinson C, Coulter A and Wright L Short form 36 (SF36) health survey questionnaire: normative data for adults of working age. BMJ 1993, 306:1437-1440
4. Sullivan M, Karlsson J and Ware JE The Swedish SF-36 health survey: evaluation of data quality, scaling assumptions, reliability and construct validity across general populations in Sweden. Soc Sci Med 1995, 41:1349-1358
5. Gottschalk A, Smith DS, Jobes DR, Kennedy SK, Lally SE, Noble VE, Grugan KF, Seifert HA, Cheung A, Malkowicz SB, Gutsche BB and Wein AJ Preemptive epidural analgesia and recovery from radical prostatectomy: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 1998, 279:1076-1082
6. Unwin C, Blatchley N, Coker W, Ferry S, Hotopf M, Hull L, Ismail K, Palmer I, David A and Wessely S Health of UK servicemen who served in Persian Gulf War. Lancet 1999, 353:169-178
7. Moseley JB, O'Malley K, Petersen NJ, Menke TJ, Brody BA, Kuykendall DH, Hollingsworth JC, Ashton CM and Wray NP A controlled trial of arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee. N Engl J Med 2002, 347:81-88
8. Streiner DL and Norman GR Health measurement scales: a practical guide to their development and use. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1995,
9. Ruta DA, Hurst NP, Kind P, Hunter M and Stubbings A Measuring health status in British patients with rheumatoid arthritis: reliability, validity and responsiveness of the short form 36-item health survey (SF-36). Br J Rheumatol 1998, 37:425-436
10. Ware J, Kosinski M and Keller SD A 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey: construction of scales and preliminary tests of reliability and validity. Med Care 1996, 34:220-233
11. Atroshi I, Gummesson C, Johnsson R and Sprinchorn A Symptoms, disability, and quality of life in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. J Hand Surg [Am] 1999, 24:398-404
12. Kalantar JS and Talley NJ The effects of lottery incentive and length of questionnaire on health survey response rates: a randomized study. J Clin Epidemiol 1999, 52:1117-1122
13. Eaker S, Bergstrom R, Bergstrom A, Adami HO and Nyren O Response rate to mailed epidemiologic questionnaires: a population-based randomized trial of variations in design and mailing routines. Am J Epidemiol 1998, 147:74-82
14. Cook DJ, Guyatt GH, Juniper E, Griffith L, McIlroy W, Willan A, Jaeschke R and Epstein R Interviewer versus self-administered questionnaires in developing a disease-specific, health-related quality of life instrument for asthma. J Clin Epidemiol 1993, 46:529-534
15. Raina P, Bonnett B, Waltner-Toews D, Woodward C and Abernathy T How reliable are selected scales from population-based health surveys? An analysis among seniors. Can J Public Health 1999, 90:60-64