The Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) was originally developed in 1978 by James F. Fries, MD, and colleagues at Stanford University. It was one of the first self-report functional status (disability) measures and has become the dominant instrument in many disease areas, including arthritis. It is widely used throughout the world and has become a mandated outcome measure for clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis and some other diseases.
This survey assess HIV related incidents. This survey asks questions related to being teased or made fun of by others, being avoided by others, and being insulted verbally.
The following scale can be used to assess social support (Barrera et al., 1981). See Barrera et al., 1981, for information on development of subscales, and see Barrera et al., 1983, for identification of subscales through factor analyses. Barrera, M.J. & Ainlay, S. L. (1983). The structure of social support: A conceptual and empirical analysis. Journal of Community Psychology, 11, 133-143.
The Life Satisfaction Index-version A (LSIA) is a 20-item questionnaire providing a cumulative score acknowledged as a valid index of quality of life. A Modification of the instrument, the LSI-Z, has 13 items. Dimensions measured include: Zest for life; resolution and fortitude; congruence between desired and achieved goals; high physical, psychological, and social self-concept; happy, optimistic mood tone.
The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire is designed to measure quality of life for people with life-threatening illness. While the scale was reported in 1995 (Cohen et al., 1995), the version here (16-item) is as the scale appears in Cohen et al., 1996.
This scale has been used to assess proactive attitudes among German adults (Schmitz & Schwarzer, 1999). This construct is similar to psychological measures of optimism and has implications for coping among people living with HIV.Schmitz, G. S. & Schwarzer, R. (1999). Proaktive Einstellung von Lehrern: Konstruktbeschreibung und psychometrische Analysen [Teachers’ Proactive Attitude: Construct description and psychometric analyses]. Zeitschrift für Empirische Pädagogik, 13 (1), 3-27.
The PedsQL Measurement Model is a modular approach to measuring health-related quality of life in both healthy children and adolescents and in those with acute and chronic health conditions. The survey integrates generic core scales and disease-specific modules. The PedsQL Measurement Model is a modular approach to measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in healthy children and adolescents and those with acute and chronic health conditions.
This scale measures quality of life for adolescents. This scale asks questions related to feeling restrained, being affectionate with ones mother, and being able to discuss problems with ones mother. Developers: Center for Community Health, Semel Institute-Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI) of the University of California, Los Angeles.
The standard 4-item set of Healthy Days core questions (CDC HRQOL-4) has been in the State-based Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) since 1993 (see BRFSS Website http://www.cdc.gov/brfss). Since 2000, the CDC HRQOL-4 has been in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for persons aged 12 and older. Since 2003, the CDC HRQOL-4 has been in the Medicare Health Outcome Survey (HOS)—a NCQA HEDIS measure.