Henrica C. W. de Vet, Caroline B. Terwee, Lidwine B. Mokkink

Measurement in Medicine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Measurement instruments are essential in medicine to assess the severity of diseases, monitor health status or evaluate the effects of interventions. Learn how to improve these measurements with this book, which provides handholds for the development and evaluation of measurement instruments in all clinical disciplines.

Produktdetails

• Practical Guides to Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 593g
• ISBN-13: 9780521133852
• ISBN-10: 0521133858
• Artikelnr.: 33155400

Autorenporträt

Henrica C. W. de Vet is a Professor of Clinimetrics in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. Concepts, theories and models, and types of measurements; 3. The development of a measurement instrument; 4. Field testing - item reduction and data structure; 5. Reliability; 6. Validity; 7. Responsiveness; 8. Interpretation; 9. Systematic reviews of measurement properties; Index.

Rezensionen

'... the book covers such a broad range of topics, researchers at any stage of the scale development or assessment process can be expected to find some utility in the advice and excellent examples ... As research on health measurement expands, we expect this book to serve as a helpful companion to the medical and health researcher.' Quality of Life Research