This updated and revised edition assesses the outcome of disease and treatments, the relevancy of measurement scales to their specific effects, and necessites the use of disease specific questionnaires. There is considerable interest in measures which are multi-dimensional, and which are more sensitive than generic measures to specific disease and treatment effects.

Helps researchers to plan, carry out, and analyse health research, and evaluate the quality of research studies. This book is suitable for researchers and postgraduate students taking masters courses, or undertaking doctoral programmes, in health services evaluation, health sciences, health management, public health, nursing, and sociology.