Neuro-QOL: brief measures of health-related quality of life for clinical research in neurology.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To address the need for brief, reliable, valid, and standardized quality of life (QOL) assessment applicable across neurologic conditions.

Methods

Drawing from larger calibrated item banks, we developed short measures (8-9 items each) of 13 different QOL domains across physical, mental, and social health and evaluated their validity and reliability. Three samples were utilized during short form development: general population (Internet-based, n = 2,113); clinical panel (Internet-based, n = 553); and clinical outpatient (clinic-based, n = 581). All short forms are expressed as T scores with a mean of 50 and SD of 10.

Results

Internal consistency (Cronbach α) of the 13 short forms ranged from 0.85 to 0.97. Correlations between short form and full-length item b

SUBMITTER: Cella D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3369516 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature