Functional Status Measurement in Primary Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvii

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2. Psychometric Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Psychometric Considerations in Functional Status Instruments

      • A. L. Stewart

      Pages 3-26

   3. The Development of a New Measuring Instrument

      • T. B. Rogers

      Pages 27-42

3. Primary Care Considerations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43

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   2. The Use of Functional Status Assessment Within the Framework of the International Classification of Primary Care

      • H. Lamberts

      Pages 45-56

   3. The History of Health Status Assessment from the Point of View of the General Practitioner

      • B. G. Bentsen

      Pages 57-65

   4. Disease-Specific Functional Status Assessment

      • J. Froom

      Pages 66-71

   5. Functional Status Assessment in Relation to Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

      • C. Bridges-Webb, J. Barrand

      Pages 72-78

   6. A Clinical Measure for Evaluating Patient Functioning in Diabetics

      • R. W. Elford, R. T. Connis, T. R. Taylor, M. J. Gordon, J. E. Liljenquist, R. S. Mecklenberg et al.

      Pages 79-93

4. Dartmouth COOP Charts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. The COOP Function Charts: A System to Measure Patient Function in Physicians’ Offices

      • E. C. Nelson, J. M. Landgraf, R. D. Hays, J. W. Kirk, J. H. Wasson, A. Keller et al.

      Pages 97-131

   3. Studies with the Dartmouth COOP Charts in General Practice: Comparison with the Nottingham Health Profile and the General Health Questionnaire

      • B. Meyboom-De Jong, R. J. A. Smith

      Pages 132-149

   4. Assessing Function: Does It Really Make a Difference? A Preliminary Evaluation of the Acceptability and Utility of the COOP Function Charts

      • J. M. Landgraf, E. C. Nelson, R. D. Hays, J. H. Wasson, J. W. Kirk

      Pages 150-165

   5. Use of the Dartmouth COOP Charts in a Calgary Practice

      • R. C. Westbury

      Pages 166-180

   6. A Trial of the Dartmouth, COOP Charts in Japan

      • H. Shigemoto

      Pages 181-187

5. Other Functional Assessment Instruments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189

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   2. Results of Studies of the Auckland Health Status Survey

      • S. R. West

      Pages 191-212

   3. Functional Status Assessment in the Elderly

      • J. Heyrman, L. Dessers, M.-B. de Munter, K. Haepers, J. Craenen

      Pages 213-221

   4. Studies Using the Nottingham Health Profile in General Practice

      • C. van Weel, A. J. A. Smits, W. J. H. M. van den Bosch

      Pages 222-231

The assessment of outcomes of medical interventions is a central concern of patients, physicians, nurses, and of individuals, groups and government agencies who pay for medical care. Outcome assessments are incomplete without measurements of functional status. Functional Status Measurement in Primary Care provides an indepth discussion of psychometric issues as applied to functional status assessment and details the practical experience of Family Physicians/General Practitioners in several countries with functional status measurements in their patient populations. International experience with the use of the Darthmouth COOP Charts is described along with their practical application in the daily practice of physicians and nurses of ambulatory patients.

• assessment
• care
• classification
• development
• diabetes
• evaluation
• health
• health promotion
• intervention
• medicine
• outcome
• patients
• population
• preventive medicine
• primary care

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