TY - JOUR
T1 - MEASURING PATIENTS' EXPERIENCED QUALITY OF LIFE
T2 - THE APPLICATION OF CONTENT ANALYSIS SCALES IN HEALTH CARE
AU - Viney, Linda L.
AU - Westbrook, Mary T.
PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - Several scales that are useful in research concerning patients' experienced (as distinct from observed) quality of life have been developed. They use content analysis and so can be applied to any recorded verbal communication from individual patients. They provide indices of psychoanalysis‐based concepts of anxiety and hostility, as well as of positive feelings. Whether patients experience themselves as helpless or in control of a situation and whether patients experience themselves as having social support—phenomenology‐based concepts—are also measured. Some examples of applications of these scales in health care are given together with data from 381 patients and ex‐patients. Uses of the scales include obtaining information about common patterns of patient experiences, psychologically “at risk” patients, factors which precipitate surgery visits and patients' reaction to specific illnesses and treatments. They can also be employed in evaluations of rehabilitation, treatment and prevention programs. 1981 Public Health Association of Australia
AB - Several scales that are useful in research concerning patients' experienced (as distinct from observed) quality of life have been developed. They use content analysis and so can be applied to any recorded verbal communication from individual patients. They provide indices of psychoanalysis‐based concepts of anxiety and hostility, as well as of positive feelings. Whether patients experience themselves as helpless or in control of a situation and whether patients experience themselves as having social support—phenomenology‐based concepts—are also measured. Some examples of applications of these scales in health care are given together with data from 381 patients and ex‐patients. Uses of the scales include obtaining information about common patterns of patient experiences, psychologically “at risk” patients, factors which precipitate surgery visits and patients' reaction to specific illnesses and treatments. They can also be employed in evaluations of rehabilitation, treatment and prevention programs. 1981 Public Health Association of Australia
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1981.tb00731.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1981.tb00731.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0019511073
SN - 0314-9021
VL - 5
SP - 45
EP - 52
JO - Community Health Studies
JF - Community Health Studies
IS - 1
ER -