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Measurement in Medicine
A Practical Guide

Part of Practical Guides to Biostatistics and Epidemiology

  • Date Published: August 2011
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521133852

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  • The success of the Apgar score demonstrates the astounding power of an appropriate clinical instrument. This down-to-earth book provides practical advice, underpinned by theoretical principles, on developing and evaluating measurement instruments in all fields of medicine. It equips you to choose the most appropriate instrument for specific purposes. The book covers measurement theories, methods and criteria for evaluating and selecting instruments. It provides methods to assess measurement properties, such as reliability, validity and responsiveness, and interpret the results. Worked examples and end-of-chapter assignments use real data and well-known instruments to build your skills at implementation and interpretation through hands-on analysis of real-life cases. All data and solutions are available online. This is a perfect course book for students and a perfect companion for professionals/researchers in the medical and health sciences who care about the quality and meaning of the measurements they perform.

    • The first book to focus on the methodology of all measurements in medicine
    • Provides a solid background in measurement evaluation theory
    • Based on feedback from extensive classroom experience
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    '… the book covers such a broad range of topics, researchers at any stage of the scale development or assessment process can be expected to find some utility in the advice and excellent examples … As research on health measurement expands, we expect this book to serve as a helpful companion to the medical and health researcher.' Quality of Life Research

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    • Date Published: August 2011
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521133852
    • length: 347 pages
    • dimensions: 247 x 175 x 20 mm
    • weight: 0.67kg
    • contains: 44 b/w illus. 60 tables 35 exercises
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    1. Introduction
    2. Concepts, theories and models, and types of measurements
    3. The development of a measurement instrument
    4. Field testing – item reduction and data structure
    5. Reliability
    6. Validity
    7. Responsiveness
    8. Interpretation
    9. Systematic reviews of measurement properties
    Index.

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    Measurement in Medicine

    Henrica C. W. de Vet, Caroline B. Terwee, Lidwine B. Mokkink, Dirk L. Knol

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    Henrica C. W. de Vet, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
    Henrica C. W. de Vet is a Professor of Clinimetrics in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam.

    Caroline B. Terwee, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
    Caroline B. Terwee is an Assistant Professor of Clinimetrics in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam.

    Lidwine B. Mokkink, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
    Lidwine B. Mokkink is a Research Fellow in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam.

    Dirk L. Knol, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
    Dirk L. Knol is an Assistant Professor of Statistics in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam.

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