Measuring Functioning and Well-Being The Medical Outcomes Study Approach

"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 asessment," 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.Stewart, Anita L. is the author of 'Measuring Functioning and Well-Being The Medical Outcomes Study Approach' with ISBN 9780822312123 and ISBN 0822312123.