… illness define as quality of life. The QOLS is a valid instrument for measuring quality of life
across … and is conceptually distinct from health status or other causal indicators of quality of life. …

… measures of disease activity such as the Crohn’s disease activity index (CDAI)2S3 and the
Harvey-Bradshaw simple index (HB),4 although valid measures of … the impaired quality of life …

… Thus in summary, the EuroQol appears to be a reasonably valid measure that can be
administered as either a questionnaire for self-completion in patients with mild to moderate stroke …

… can be used to measure cross-sectional differences in quality of life between patients at a …
instruments must be valid (really measuring what they are supposed to measure) and have …

… Construct validity of the subscales is demonstrated through the pattern of correlations with
the items from the Spitzer Quality of Life Index. The importance of measuring the existential …

… The item generation and item reduction stages of development of this multi-item measure
have … , and validity of the IMPACT questionnaire as a disease-specific measure of HRQOL in …

… measures of 0.79, giving a satisfactory validity. It is concluded that the QLDS is a reliable and
valid measure … Further tests of discriminative, concurrent and criterion validity are planned. …

… Validity ensures that the instrument measures what it is supposed to measure. Reliable …
Measuring quality of life in clinical trials: a taxonomy and review. CMAJ 1989;140:1441-8. …

Accurate measurement of quality of life (QoL) is important for evaluation of autism services
and trials of interventions. We undertook psychometric validation of the World Health …

… measures, this analysis demonstrates the validity of satisfaction measures for general quality
of life … appears to be a good indicator of general life quality and it would serve as well for …