reviewBMJJun 15, 2002BRONZE OA

Quality of life measurement: bibliographic study of patient assessed health outcome measures

AGAndrew GarrattLSLouise SchmidtAMAnne MackintoshRFRay Fitzpatrick

University of Oxford

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Abstract

Objectives

To assess the growth of quality of life measures and to examine the availability of measures across specialties.

Design

Systematic searches of electronic databases to identify developmental and evaluative work relating to health outcome measures assessed by patients. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Types of measures: disease or population specific, dimension specific, generic, individualised, and utility. Specialties in which measures have been developed and evaluated.

Citation impact

1,200
total citations
FWCI
128.66
Percentile
100%
References
35
Citations per year

Authors

4

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Quality of life (healthcare)
  • Medicine
  • Population
  • Disease
  • Nottingham Health Profile
  • Family medicine
  • Gerontology
  • Physical therapy
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Reduced inequalities
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