Health-related quality of life and subjective health: A survey of research on a new assessment criterion in medicine

Journal/Book: Psychother Psychosom Med Psyc. 1997; 47: P O Box 30 11 20, D-70451 Stuttgart, Germany. Georg Thieme Verlag. 76-91.

Abstract: Health-related quality of life is increasingly accepted as a relevant endpoint in medicine. Available work pertains to development and psychometric testing of measurement instruments. Theoretical papers are largely missing. However, inclusion of instruments in clinical trials has just begun, especially in oncology and cardiology. Based on a review of available literature, areas of applying of quality of life research are described. Foci of attention are conceptual, methodological and practical challenges, as well as the contribution of quality of life research to assessing the results of medical treatment.

Note: Review Bullinger M, Univ Hamburg, Klinikum Eppendorf, Med Psychol ABT, Martinistr 52, D-20251 Hamburg, GERMANY

Keyword(s): quality of life; outcome evaluation; assessment; clinical trials; RECOMBINANT-HUMAN-ERYTHROPOIETIN; HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS; ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION; PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADVANCED BREAST-CANCER; SEVERELY MENTALLY-ILL; OF-LIFE; CLINICAL-TRIALS; HEART-FAILURE; LUNG-CANCER

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