KNES 397 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Secondary Source
12 Apr 2019
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Knes 397 lecture 17 exercise & quality of life (cont"d) Those criteria do not make a measure objective. It is a subjective measure from a secondary source. (prof disagrees with the textbook on this: objective indicators: measures of phenomena related to qol (e. g. , distance walked in 6 minutes, amount of weight you can lift, etc. ) Measuring perceived level of functioning: sf-36 (short form 36) is the most widely used measure. Came from a large qol study and has undergone changes and has been widely adopted. Measuring perceived satisfaction with functioning: generic measures that look at how patients feel about the impact of symptoms and intervention, perceived quality of life scale (pqol) measures satisfaction with, physical function, social function, cognitive function. Focus on things that are, for instance, related to tremors, other symptoms related to pd, difficulties concealing symptoms, etc try to be more relevant to that population. Qaly"s: person"s life expectancy (in years), adjusted for quality of life.
