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17908530

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-2
pubmed:abstractText
To many clinicians, the assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) seems more art than science. This belief is due in part to the lack of formal training available to clinicians regarding HRQL measurement and interpretation. When HRQL is used systematically, it has been shown to improve patient-physician communication, clinical decision making, and satisfaction with care. Nevertheless, clinicians rarely use formal HRQL data in their practices. One major reason is unfamiliarity with the interpretation and potential utility of the data. This unfamiliarity causes a lack of appreciation for the reliability of data generated by formal HRQL assessment and a tendency to regard HRQL data as having insufficient precision for individual use. This article discusses HRQL in the larger context of health indicators and health outcome measurement and is targeted to the practicing clinician who has not had the opportunity to understand and use HRQL data. The concept and measurement of reliability are explained and applied to HRQL and common clinical measures simultaneously, and these results are compared with one another. By offering a juxtaposition of common medical measurements and their associated error with HRQL measurement error, we note that HRQL instruments are comparable with commonly used clinical data. We further discuss the necessary requirements for clinicians to adopt formal, routine HRQL assessment into their practices.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0025-6196
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1244-54
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Precision of health-related quality-of-life data compared with other clinical measures.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Preventive Medicine, Center on Outcomes, Research and Education, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, 1001 University Pl, Suite 100, Evanston, IL 60201, USA. e-hahn@northwestern.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study