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Author : John E. Ware, Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781891810206
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (12 download)
Download or read book User's Manual for the SF-12v2 Health Survey Second Edition written by John E. Ware, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John E. Ware, Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781891810244
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (12 download)
Download or read book SF-12v2 Health Survey written by John E. Ware, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alex C. Michalos
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789400707528
Total Pages : 7347 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research written by Alex C. Michalos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-02-12 with total page 7347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this encyclopedia is to provide a comprehensive reference work on scientific and other scholarly research on the quality of life, including health-related quality of life research or also called patient-reported outcomes research. Since the 1960s two overlapping but fairly distinct research communities and traditions have developed concerning ideas about the quality of life, individually and collectively, one with a fairly narrow focus on health-related issues and one with a quite broad focus. In many ways, the central issues of these fields have roots extending to the observations and speculations of ancient philosophers, creating a continuous exploration by diverse explorers in diverse historic and cultural circumstances over several centuries of the qualities of human existence. What we have not had so far is a single, multidimensional reference work connecting the most salient and important contributions to the relevant fields. Entries are organized alphabetically and cover basic concepts, relatively well established facts, lawlike and causal relations, theories, methods, standardized tests, biographic entries on significant figures, organizational profiles, indicators and indexes of qualities of individuals and of communities of diverse sizes, including rural areas, towns, cities, counties, provinces, states, regions, countries and groups of countries.
Author : John E. Ware
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781891810107
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)
Download or read book User's Manual for the SF-12v2TM Health Survey written by John E. Ware and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John E. Ware
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781891810053
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (1 download)
Download or read book How to score version 2 of the SF-36 health survey written by John E. Ware and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark E. Maruish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781891810213
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (12 download)
Download or read book A Guide to the Development of Certified Modes of Short Form Survey Administration written by Mark E. Maruish and published by . This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John E. Ware
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781891810169
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)
Download or read book User's Manual for the SF-36v2 Health Survey written by John E. Ware and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Rizzo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111877177X
Total Pages : 807 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)
Download or read book The Wiley Handbook on the Aging Mind and Brain written by Matthew Rizzo and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking treatise on understanding and treating the aging mind and brain This handbook recognizes the critical issues surrounding mind and brain health by tackling overarching and pragmatic needs so as to better understand these multifaceted issues. This includes summarizing and synthesizing critical evidence, approaches, and strategies from multidisciplinary research—all of which have advanced our understanding of the neural substrates of attention, perception, memory, language, decision-making, motor behavior, social cognition, emotion, and other mental functions. Written by a plethora of health experts from around the world, The Wiley Handbook on the Aging Mind and Brain offers in-depth contributions in 7 sections: Introduction; Methods of Assessment; Brain Functions and Behavior across the Lifespan; Cognition, Behavior and Disease; Optimizing Brain Function in Health and Disease; Forensics, Competence, Legal, Ethics and Policy Issues; and Conclusion and New Directions. Geared toward improving the recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of many brain-based disorders that occur in older adults and that cause disability and death Seeks to advance the care of patients who have perceptual, cognitive, language, memory, emotional, and many other behavioral symptoms associated with these disorders Addresses principles and practice relevant to challenges posed by the US National Academy of Sciences and National Institute of Aging (NIA) Presents materials at a scientific level that is appropriate for a wide variety of providers The Wiley Handbook on the Aging Mind and Brain is an important text for neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, physiatrists, geriatricians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and other primary caregivers who care for patients in routine and specialty practices as well as students, interns, residents, and fellows.
Author : Ron D. Hays
Publisher : RAND Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780833015907
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (159 download)
Download or read book User's Manual for the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Core Measures of Health-related Quality of Life written by Ron D. Hays and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual describes self-administered patient questionnaires that were developed for patients participating in the Medical Outcomes Study.
Author : Anita L. Stewart
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822312123
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Measuring Functioning and Well-being written by Anita L. Stewart and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 assessment, 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.
Author : Jason Aaron Fox
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1599423421
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (994 download)
Download or read book Towards Healthier Ageing: The Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Proactive Health Promotion Intervention for Older Adults written by Jason Aaron Fox and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2010-07-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promoting healthier ageing amongst older adults has never been more important. Most conventional health promotion interventions for older adults take very reactive approaches, typically attempting to minimise specific age-related functional losses. This implies an underlining assumption that such age-related losses are inevitable. However, we know that it is possible to take proactive action to prevent or mitigate negative health events in later life before they occur. Research suggests that proactive coping and future investment strategies may work harmoniously with adaptive definitions of healthy ageing. However, this concept has not been tested as part of a proactive behavioural intervention for a broad perspective of healthy ageing. This research explored the implementation and controlled evaluation of a behavioural health promotion intervention that incorporated proactive coping strategies to facilitate healthier ageing amongst older adults. The intervention was built on a theoretical foundation combining constructs from the Health Belief Model, the Theories of Planned Behaviour and Reasoned action, and the Transtheoretical Model. A field pilot intervention was conducted to help shape the intervention content and to identify process limitations. The pilot intervention consisted of nine two-hour sessions held over consecutive weeks. Each session combined proactive coping workshops and facilitated goal setting with motivational presentations on topics pertinent to healthy ageing. Qualitative feedback was very positive, with 98% of post-intervention survey respondents (n = 43) indicating that their health behaviours had positively improved. The participants identified group interaction, a motivating facilitator, and goal setting as the key factors that influenced the efficacy of the intervention. The intervention and evaluation methodology was improved, and the main intervention was then delivered in three formats, based on the key influencing factors identified in the pilot evaluation. Each intervention used the same information base for five sessions held over consecutive weeks. A 2.5-hour workshop-based group intervention reflected the pilot intervention, featuring facilitated (group) interaction, motivating facilitator, and goal setting. A 1.5-hour lecture-based (group) intervention featured the motivating facilitator and goal setting, while a workbook-based (individual) intervention featured goal setting only. A spectrum of dependant variables related to healthy ageing was measured via surveys at pre-intervention, intervention conclusion, and post-intervention stages, using an explanatory mixed methodological approach. A focus group interview was conducted with each group eight weeks after the conclusion of the intervention. Results indicate that both group-based interventions achieved self-reported improvements (approaching significance) to health activities. The lecture-based interventions achieved significant improvements to memory and health knowledge, while the workshop-based intervention facilitated improvements approaching significance to overall health and health knowledge. Additionally, the workshop-based intervention facilitated a significant improvement to self-efficacy through to the post-intervention stage (eight weeks after the intervention conclusion). Qualitative feedback revealed examples of changes made by individuals that were significant within personally relevant domains. Promoting proactive coping amongst groups of older adults appears to be an effective strategy for facilitating efforts towards healthier ageing. A broad, proactive approach is a necessary counterpart to the specific, reactive approaches of most health promotion interventions for older adults.
Author : Roselyne Rey
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674399686
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (996 download)
Download or read book The History of Pain written by Roselyne Rey and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text draws on multidisciplinary sources to explore the concept of pain as it has been seen by different cultures over the course of history. It highlights the transformation in humanity's relationship to pain and chronicles the progress made in its understanding and treatment.
Author : Ann Bowling
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335261957
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Measuring Health: a Review of Subjective Health, Well-Being and Quality of Life Measurement Scales written by Ann Bowling and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable resource for health professionals and students engaged in research, this thoroughly updated edition provides a guide to the major measures of health and functioning. Measures of subjective health, well-being and quality of life are introduced along with analysis of their validity and reliability and the evidence for using each one. Throughout the book each measure is explained with a summary of how each one is scored and used, making this a one-stop guide to understanding health measurements, and the basic concepts behind measuring health, quality of life and well-being. • A new look and feel makes measures and scales easier to locate • Further research and evidence provides a greater critique of the measures • Useful source information to help you access each measure with permission • The addition of new scales include the Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale, the Older People’s Quality of Life Scale and the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire • Expanded material on functional independence and functional assessment measures Written by a renowned expert in health research, Measuring Health, 4th edition is essential reading for researchers and upper level undergraduates and postgraduates in health services research, health studies, health sciences, public health and social sciences. "The world of measurement scales, which ones to use and for what purpose, is a complex one even for experienced qualitative researchers. It is easy for less experienced researchers to lose their way. Ann Bowling's book provides an up to date and coherent guide and assessment of measurement tools which is comprehensible and well organised." Virginia Berridge, Professor of History and Director, Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK "In her latest edition of Measuring Health: A Review of Subjective Health, Well-Being and Quality of Life Measurement Scales, Professor Ann Bowling has, once again, provided us with an essential for our bookshelves. It is a vital resource for anyone investigating health and well-being – whether novice student researcher or experienced academic. Written in an accessible, easy to use style, we are initially taken through the importance of measuring and understanding lay people’s experiences of their physical and social health. The mechanics and challenges of measurement of subjective health are then described. Later chapters include handy definitions of relevant concepts and detailed descriptions of specific scales – both familiar and relatively new ones – including psychometric testing and use. This text is packed with useful information and can be used both as a resource for an overall understanding of measuring health and well-being or for selecting specific patient-based health scales for research projects." Dr. Nan Greenwood, Reader in Health and Social Care Service Research, St George's University of London and Kingston University, UK
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309221277
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Living Well with Chronic Illness written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, chronic diseases currently account for 70 percent of all deaths, and close to 48 million Americans report a disability related to a chronic condition. Today, about one in four Americans have multiple diseases and the prevalence and burden of chronic disease in the elderly and racial/ethnic minorities are notably disproportionate. Chronic disease has now emerged as a major public health problem and it threatens not only population health, but our social and economic welfare. Living Well with Chronic Disease identifies the population-based public health actions that can help reduce disability and improve functioning and quality of life among individuals who are at risk of developing a chronic disease and those with one or more diseases. The book recommends that all major federally funded programmatic and research initiatives in health include an evaluation on health-related quality of life and functional status. Also, the book recommends increasing support for implementation research on how to disseminate effective longterm lifestyle interventions in community-based settings that improve living well with chronic disease. Living Well with Chronic Disease uses three frameworks and considers diseases such as heart disease and stroke, diabetes, depression, and respiratory problems. The book's recommendations will inform policy makers concerned with health reform in public- and private-sectors and also managers of communitybased and public-health intervention programs, private and public research funders, and patients living with one or more chronic conditions.
Author : American Psychiatric Association
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN 13 : 0890426821
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder written by American Psychiatric Association and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major public health problem in the United States. The estimated 12-month and lifetime prevalence values for AUD are 13.9% and 29.1%, respectively, with approximately half of individuals with lifetime AUD having a severe disorder. AUD and its sequelae also account for significant excess mortality and cost the United States more than $200 billion annually. Despite its high prevalence and numerous negative consequences, AUD remains undertreated. In fact, fewer than 1 in 10 individuals in the United States with a 12-month diagnosis of AUD receive any treatment. Nevertheless, effective and evidence-based interventions are available, and treatment is associated with reductions in the risk of relapse and AUD-associated mortality. The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder seeks to reduce these substantial psychosocial and public health consequences of AUD for millions of affected individuals. The guideline focuses specifically on evidence-based pharmacological treatments for AUD in outpatient settings and includes additional information on assessment and treatment planning, which are an integral part of using pharmacotherapy to treat AUD. In addition to reviewing the available evidence on the use of AUD pharmacotherapy, the guideline offers clear, concise, and actionable recommendation statements, each of which is given a rating that reflects the level of confidence that potential benefits of an intervention outweigh potential harms. The guideline provides guidance on implementing these recommendations into clinical practice, with the goal of improving quality of care and treatment outcomes of AUD.
Author : Achilles Thoma
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 303005120X
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Evidence-Based Surgery written by Achilles Thoma and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book specifically is to teach surgeons (academic or community), surgical fellows and surgical residents regardless of the surgical specialty, the skills to appraise what they read in the surgical literature. Surgeons need to be able to understand what they read before applying the conclusions of a surgical article to their practice. As most surgeons do not have the extra training in health research methodology, understanding how the research was done, how to interpret the results and finally deciding to apply them to the patient level is indeed a difficult task. Chapters explain the methodological issues pertaining to the various study designs reported in the surgical literature. Most chapters begin with a clinical scenario with uncertain course of action with which most surgeons are struggling. Readers are taught how to search the literature for the best evidence that will answer the surgical problem under discussion. An identified article that seems relevant to the problem you are investigating can be appraised by addressing 3 key questions: 1). Is the study I am reading valid? 2). What are the results of this study? 3). Can I apply these results to my patients? While the primary goal of Evidence-Based Surgery is to teach surgeons how to appraise the surgical literature, an added benefit is that the concepts explained here may help research-minded surgeons produce higher quality research.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309094399
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Quality Through Collaboration written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-04-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the innovative Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health offers a strategy to address the quality challenges in rural communities. Rural America is a vital, diverse component of the American community, representing nearly 20% of the population of the United States. Rural communities are heterogeneous and differ in population density, remoteness from urban areas, and the cultural norms of the regions of which they are a part. As a result, rural communities range in their demographics and environmental, economic, and social characteristics. These differences influence the magnitude and types of health problems these communities face. Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health assesses the quality of health care in rural areas and provides a framework for core set of services and essential infrastructure to deliver those services to rural communities. The book recommends: Adopting an integrated approach to addressing both personal and population health needs Establishing a stronger health care quality improvement support structure to assist rural health systems and professionals Enhancing the human resource capacity of health care professionals in rural communities and expanding the preparedness of rural residents to actively engage in improving their health and health care Assuring that rural health care systems are financially stable Investing in an information and communications technology infrastructure It is critical that existing and new resources be deployed strategically, recognizing the need to improve both the quality of individual-level care and the health of rural communities and populations.
