Welfare Measures to Assess Urban Quality of Life

A review of patient-reported outcome measures to assess female infertility-related quality of life

BACKGROUND Infertility has a negative impact on quality of life (QoL) and well-being of affected individuals and couples. A variety of patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures to assess infertility-related QoL are available; however, there is a concern regarding potential issues with their development methodology, validation and use. This review aimed to i) identify PRO measures used in infertil...

Evaluation of measures used to assess quality of life after stroke.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Assessment of quality of life (QOL) after stroke is becoming common with the recognition that evaluation of treatment should include quality as well as quantity of survival. This article will outline the main conceptual and methodological issues in QOL assessment, highlight advantages and disadvantages of measures used in stroke QOL research, and discuss some unresolved i...

I-20: Quality of Life Measures in Reproductive Health

Background Quality of life or more correctly health-related quality of life is currently receiving more attention in biomedical literature and outcome studies. However, there are several issues that we should be dealt with. First, measuring quality of life needs valid and reliable instruments. In addition, it is important to know how we conceptualize quality of life and reproductive health. Fin...

Using patient care quality measures to assess educational outcomes.

OBJECTIVES To report the results of a project designed to develop and implement a prototype methodology for identifying candidate patient care quality measures for potential use in assessing the outcomes and effectiveness of graduate medical education in emergency medicine. METHODS A workgroup composed of experts in emergency medicine residency education and patient care quality measurement w...

Children's quality of life measures.