Journal article
Responsiveness and validity in health status measurement: A clarification
Abstract
We present data from two studies which clarify the relationship between the responsiveness and validity of instruments designed to measure health status in clinical trials. In a controlled trial of long vs short duration adjuvant chemotherapy for women with Stage II breast cancer, the Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Questionnaire (BCQ) proved valid as a measure of subjective health status and was able to distinguish long vs short arms. Well …
Authors
Guyatt GH; Deyo RA; Charlson M; Levine MN; Mitchell A
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 403–408
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 1989
DOI
10.1016/0895-4356(89)90128-5
ISSN
0895-4356