TY - BOOK ID - 78492975 TI - Health measurement scales : a practical guide to their development and use AU - Streiner, David L. AU - Norman, Geoffrey R. AU - Cairney, John PY - 2015 SN - 0191765457 0191508322 9780191508325 1322286884 9781322286884 9780199685219 0199685215 0191508330 PB - New York, New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Health surveys. KW - Health status indicators KW - Public health KW - Medical care KW - Health program evaluation KW - Health indicators KW - Health status indexes KW - Indexes, Health status KW - Indicators, Health status KW - Health KW - Health surveys KW - Medical statistics KW - Quality of life KW - Social indicators KW - Public health surveys KW - Surveys KW - Measurement. KW - Evaluation. KW - Methodology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78492975 AB - Clinicians and those in health sciences are frequently called upon to measure subjective states such as attitudes, feelings, quality of life, educational achievement and aptitude, and learning style in their patients. This fifth edition of Health Measurement Scales enables these groups to both develop scales to measure non-tangible health outcomes, and better evaluate and differentiate between existing tools. Health Measurement Scales is the ultimate guide to developing and validating measurement scales that are to be used in the health sciences. The book covers how the individual items are de ER -