Health Measurement Scales: A Practical Guide to Their Development and Use - Softcover

Streiner, David L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192626701 ISBN 13: 9780192626707

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Now available in paperback, this is the second edition of the only practical guide for clinicians developing tools to measure subjective states, attitudes or 'non-tangible' outcomes in their patients. The second edition has been throughly revised to incorporate all the latest research published since the first edition. It has been expanded and includes a new chapter on ehtics and a thorough discussion of reliability and generalizability theory. Throughout the book the authors provide a practical step-by-step approach to guide the reader through the development of their own scales. This is an essential book for anyone who uses or would like to use rating scales in their clinical practice. This book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students of medicine and epidemiology; clinical researchers in a wide spectrum of disciplines; general medicine, psychology/psychiatry, oncology, neurology, rheumatology, cardiology, and primary care.

About this title

Review:

'It fills a notable gap in the literature... it provides a very comprehensive and readable introduction to assessment of health measurement scales. I would certainly recommend it to anyone who requires an introduction to this field' -- British Journal of Psychiatry

'well-written book ... fills a major gap in the literature ... It does so clearly and succinctly. It will be a useful addition to the bookshelves of anyone who undertakes research into health' -- Health Bulletin

About the Author:

David Streiner attended the City College of New York, and then did his graduate work in clinical psychology at Syracuse University. In 1968, he joined the newly-formed Department of Psychiatry at McMaster University, and became the Chief Psychologist at the McMaster University Medical Centre. In 1980, he also became a member of the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster, and was the Deputy Chair of CE&B for two years. He was one of the founding editors of Evidence-based Mental Health, and is currently editor of the Statistical Developments and Applications section of the Journal of Personality Assessment, as well as being on the editorial board of numerous other journals. Geoff Norman attended the University of Manitoba as an undergraduate, graduating with an honours degree in physics in 1965. He did graduate work in nuclear physics, obtaining a PhD in 1970. At that point he began a career in health sciences education, and subsequently obtained an M.A. in educational psychology from Michigan State University in 1977. He joined the faculty at McMaster in 1977, and has remained at McMaster for the next three decades. He has won numerous awards in medical education, including the Hubbard Award of the National Board of Medical Examiners (US), and lifetime achievement awards from the Medical Council of Canada and the American Educational Research Association, among others. In 2001, he was awarded a Canada Research Chair. In 2007, he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada. He has published over 200 papers in education, epidemiology, psychiatry and physics, as well as authoring and editing several books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0192626701
• ISBN 13: 9780192626707
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240