Abstract: Patient-reported self-assessments, in particular on health-related quality of life (QoL), have become accepted as important—sometimes even the most important—outcomes both for the evaluation and comparison of treatments and for the assessment and management of individual patients. Since QoL is generally regarded as a complex concept made up of physical, emotional, and other dimensions, most questionnaires not only assess the detailed aspects of QoL but also provide a summary score for overall QoL or health status. However, QoL has been described as a uniquely personal perception, representing the way that individuals feel about their health status, and it is recommended that all QoL instruments should contain at least one simple global question about overall health, which would allow patients to decide for themselves how to combine the various dimensions. 1 Gill TM Feinstein AR A critical appraisal of the quality of quality of life measurements. JAMA. 1994; 272: 619-626 Crossref PubMed Scopus (1777) Google Scholar In addition, even when a detailed assessment of QoL is thought to be unnecessary, an assessment of overall health status can be an extremely useful indicator of the patient's well-being.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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