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Quality of Life Outcomes in Clinical Trials and Health-Care Evaluation: A Practical Guide to Analysis and Interpretation
Stephen J. Walters
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Description for Quality of Life Outcomes in Clinical Trials and Health-Care Evaluation: A Practical Guide to Analysis and Interpretation
Hardcover. An essential, up-to-date guide to the design of studies and selection of the correct QoL instruments for observational studies and clinical trials. Quality of Life (QoL) outcomes or Person/Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are now frequently being used in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies. Series: Statistics in Practice. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBGR1; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 175 x 26. Weight in Grams: 792.
An essential, up-to-date guide to the design of studies and selection of the correct QoL instruments for observational studies and clinical trials.
An essential, up-to-date guide to the design of studies and selection of the correct QoL instruments for observational studies and clinical trials.
Quality of Life (QoL) outcomes or Person/Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are now frequently being used in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies. This book provides a practical guide to the design, analysis and interpretation of studies that use such outcomes.
QoL outcomes tend to generate data with discrete, bounded and skewed distributions. Many investigators are concerned about the appropriateness of using standard statistical methods to analyse QoL data and want guidance on what methods to ... Read more
- Provides a user-friendly guide to the design and analysis of clinical trials and observational studies in relation to QoL outcomes.
- Discusses the problems caused by QoL outcomes and presents intervention options to help tackle them.
- Guides the reader step-by-step through the selection of appropriate QoLs.
- Features exercises and solutions and a supporting website providing downloadable data files.
Illustrated throughout with examples and case studies drawn from the author’s experience, this book offers statisticians and clinicians guidance on choosing between the numerous available QoL instruments.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
Series
Statistics in Practice
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470753828
SKU
V9780470753828
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About Stephen J. Walters
Stephen J. Walters – School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield. Dr Walters has had experience both in research and teaching, and is currently the Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics at Sheffield University. He has conducted numerous grant-funded research projects, and has nearly 150 publications to his name. These include 85 articles in a range of refereed journals, ... Read more
Reviews for Quality of Life Outcomes in Clinical Trials and Health-Care Evaluation: A Practical Guide to Analysis and Interpretation
"The book covers a wide range of issues and techniques. ... Subjects are exposed clearly, with the obvious aim of being accessible to clinicians unfamiliar with mathematical formalism, and the methods are nicely illustrated with QoL data examples." (Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, April 2010)