Quality of life assessment : international perspectives
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Quality of life assessment : international perspectives
Springer-Verlag, c1994
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Proceedings of the joint-meeting organized by the World Health Organization and the Fo[u]ndation IPSEN in Paris, July 2-3, 1993
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Considerable data and expertise have accumulated in the assessment of quality of life, but to date this assessment has largely been restricted to the devel- ment of instruments that are used only in the setting in which they were dev- oped. The chapters of this book, taken together, apply this expertise to a re- tively new area: international quality of life assessment, that is to say, consid- ing quality of life from an international perspective, and developing methods for the assessment of quality of life that can be used in more than one cultural setting. The World Health Organization (WHO) initiatives in the area of inter- tional quality of life assessment arose for several compelling reasons. The World Health Organization has a commitment to equitable and accessible health care for all. This commitment refers not only to health in its narrow sense of the absence of disease and impairment, but to health as astate of physical, mental and social well-being. Disease and impairment affect not just the physical domain of life but also a person's psychological state, level of - dependence and social relationships. This is a reality not yet fully reflected in health care settings.
The broadening in focus in the measurement of health to include indicators which address this more holistic sense of health is a welcome emerging trend. The primary aim of any health intervention is to maximise health and minimise disease, thereby enhancing patients' quality of life.
Table of Contents
The Development of Cross-Cultural Quality of Life Assessment Instruments.- Translation of Health Status Instruments.- Cross-Cultural Validation of Quality of Life Measures.- Ensuring International Equivalence of Quality of Life Measures: Problems and Approaches to Solutions.- The Development of the WHO Quality of Life Assessment Instrument (The WHOQOL).- Perspectives on Quality of Life.- The Relationship Between Health Economics and Health-Related Quality of Life.- The PCASEE Model: An Approach to Subjective Well-Being.- Quality of Life Assessment in Cancer.- Quality of Life Assessment in SWOG Cancer Clinical Trials: Translating and Validating a Spanish Questionnaire.- Quality of Life Assessment in Cancer Patients in India: Cross-Cultural Issues.- Measuring the Quality of Life in Breast Cancer.- Quality of Life Assessment in Specific Populations.- The Experiences and Quality of Life of Informal Caregivers.- Quality of Life Assessment in Arthritis.- The Assessment of Quality of Life in Refugees.- Quality of Life in Hypertensives and Normotensives in Israel: Introducing a Self-Structured Subjective Measure.- Subjective Quality of Life Assessment in Therapeutic Trials: Presentation of a New Instrument in France (SQLP: Subjective Quality for Life Profile) and First Results.
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