An Overview of Generic Health-Related Quality of Life Measures for HIV Research

This paper provides a selective review of instruments currently being employed to evaluate generic health-related quality of life in studies of persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Instruments examined include the Quality of Well-Being Scale, the HIV Overview of Problems/Evaluation Syste...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Quality of life research 1992-04, Vol.1 (2), p.91-97
Hauptverfasser:	Hays, R D, Shapiro, M F
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIDS AIDS related complex AIDS/HIV Evaluation Studies as Topic Health care outcome assessment Health status HIV HIV Infections - psychology Hope Humans Mental health Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Psychometrics Quality of Life Reproducibility of Results Review Paper Sensitivity and Specificity Surveys and Questionnaires - standards Time Factors Wellbeing
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Zusammenfassung:	This paper provides a selective review of instruments currently being employed to evaluate generic health-related quality of life in studies of persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Instruments examined include the Quality of Well-Being Scale, the HIV Overview of Problems/Evaluation System, the COOP Charts, and six Medical Outcomes Study-based measures: the SF-20, SF-30, AIDS-HAQ, SF-36, SF-38 and SF-56. Relative strengths and weaknesses of the measures are discussed.
ISSN:	0962-9343 1573-2649
DOI:	10.1007/BF00439716