Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - Latest articlesThe latest articles from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (ISSN 1477-7525) published by BioMed CentralCross-diagnostic validity of the Nottingham Health Profile index of Distress (NHPD)- July 2, 2008 Background: The Nottingham Health Profile index of Distress (NHPD) has been proposed as a generic undimensional 24-item measure of illness-related distress that is embedded in the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP). Data indicate that the NHPD may have psychometric advantages to the 6-dimensional NHP profile scores. Detailed psychometric evaluations are, however, lacking. Furthermore, to support the validity of the generic property of outcome measures evidence that scores can be interpreted in the.http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/47 The minimal important difference of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease- July 2, 2008 Background: Interpretation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), commonly used to assess anxiety and depression in COPD patients, is unclear. Since its minimal important difference has never been established, our aim was to determine it using several approaches. Methods: 88 COPD patients with FEV1less than or equal to50% predicted completed the HADS and other patient-important outcome measures before and after an inpatient respiratory rehabilitation. For the anchor-based...http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/46 |