OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a short, global, and generic quality of life (QoL) questionnaire for clinical databases. The construct validity and item weighting of existing questionnaires are increasingly questioned. DESIGN Cross-sectional population study. SUBJECT 2460 Danes aged 18-88 years, randomly selected through the Danish Central Person Registry. INTERVENTIONS Ten questions co...

Margiad E. Williams, Judy Hutchings, Tracey Bywater, David Daley, Christopher J. Whitaker Centre for Evidence-Based Early Intervention, Bangor University, Bangor, UK Institute for Effective Education, University of York, York, UK School of Community Health Science, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK North Wales Organization for Randomised Controlled Trials in Health...

*Corresponding author: Aru Narayanasamy, Associate Professor, National Teaching Fellow, Academic Associate (HEA), Fellow of Higher Education Academy, Member of BACP Coaching Division, University of Nottingham, Faculty of Medicine & Health Science, School of Health Sciences, Room 51, C Floor, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2HA, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 (0)115 823 0808; E-mailAru.Narayanas...

BACKGROUND We explored psychometric properties of the Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire 2.0 in terms of reliability, validity, and responsiveness with generic, clinical, demographic, and preference-based data collected from a population of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. METHODS The Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation study was a randomized, placebo-controlled, multinationa...

Correspondence: Ann McNeill, UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, T: +44-115 823 1699, e-mail: [email protected] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ....

Hot on the heels of the study on the profile of students who scored well in the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) carried out by Professor David James et of Nottingham University 1 published in the British Medical Journal (white males from professional or managerial backgrounds with independent or grammar school education scored best marks) comes an interesting survey carried out on the Health ...