Screen LibraryThe Measurement of Health and Health Status : Concepts, Methods and Applications from a Multidisciplinary Perspective /
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Saint Louis : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128015049 |
| Item Description: | From Relative to Absolute Values. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (395 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9780128017203 0128017201 |
| Index Number: | RA407 |
| CLC: | R195 |
| Contents: |
Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I; Chapter 1. Introduction; Introduction; Defining Health; Importance of Health; Health Models; Patient Reported; Patient Centeredness; Digital Revolution; Chapter 2. Health Outcomes; Introduction; Biological and Physiological Outcomes; Symptoms and Disorders; Functional Status; Health Status; Health-Related Quality of Life; Well-Being; Quality of Life; Capabilities; Happiness; Discussion; Chapter 3. Health Summary Measures; Introduction; Quality-Adjusted Life Year; Disability-Adjusted Life Year; Q-TWiST. ApplicationDiscussion; Part II; Chapter 4. Measurement; Introduction; Measurement in General; Measurement Definitions; Data Theory; Measurement Theory; Measurement Principles; Chapter 5. Constructs and Scales; Introduction; Concepts; Constructs; Latent Variables; Attitudes, Preferences, Judgments, and Choices; Measurement and Scaling Models; Scaling Objects and Subjects; Scaling Methods; Direct-Response Scales; Response Functions; Discussion; Chapter 6. Health Status Measurement; Introduction; Content; Quality of Health; Measurement in Health; Attributes; Objective Versus Subjective. Cause Versus EffectAdaptation, Coping, and Response Shift; Questionnaires and Instruments; Types of Instruments; Research Traditions; Discussion; Chapter 7. Validity; Introduction; Validity; Face Validity; Content Validity; Criterion Validity; Construct Validity; Factor Analysis; Interpretation; Structural Equation Modeling; Discussion; Chapter 8. Reliability; Introduction; Theory; Test-Retest; Internal Consistency; Interrater; Intraclass Correlations; Discussion; Part III; Chapter 9. Classical Test Theory; Introduction; True Score; Instruments; Application; Discussion. Chapter 10. Item Response TheoryIntroduction; History of Item Response Theory; Response Structure; Rasch Model for Binary Items; Ordered Item Models (1-PL); Item Response Theory Models With More Than One Parameter; Item Response Theory Statistics; Controversy; Instruments; Application; Discussion; Chapter 11. Choice Models; Introduction; Preference Based; Values; Weighing of the Attributes and Their Levels; Choice-Based Models; Measurement Properties; Instruments; Application; Discussion; Chapter 12. Valuation Techniques; Introduction; Terminology; Preference-Based Measurement Systems. Economic Valuation TechniquesOther Valuation Techniques; Whose Values?; Assumptions and Arguments; Measurement Properties; Instruments; Application; Dead End for Time Trade-Off?; Discussion; Chapter 13. Clinimetrics; Introduction; Three Categories; Responsiveness; Computation of Responsiveness; What Is What?; Instruments; COSMIN Checklist; Guidelines, Checklists, and Statements; Application; Discussion; Part IV; Chapter 14. New Developments; Introduction; Computers and Information and Communication Technology; Selecting Health Items or Attributes; Dynamic Content; PROMIS. |