Measuring quality of life in mental health: Are we asking the right questions?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-20

  Connell, Janice ^a   O'Cathain, Alicia ^a   Brazier, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; Mental health; Preference based measures; Quality of life; Recovery; SF 6D; UK; Well being

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; EUROQOL 5 DIMENSION QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOPE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHORT FORM 6 DIMENSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SELF CONCEPT; STATE MEDICINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84907072440     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.026     Document Type: Article

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