Quality of life measures soar
Over the past 10 years the number of reports relating to the
development of quality of life measures has grown exponentially. Garratt and colleagues (p 1417) found 3921 reports by systematically searching electronic databases to identify developmental and evaluative work relating to health outcome measures assessed by patients. The
largest numbers of evaluations were specific to diseases or populations
and 31% of reports were in rheumatology and
musculoskeletal medicine, cancer, and older people. The authors
conclude that, faced with a vast array of measures, potential users
require guidance on which measure to use.
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