Journal article
A Reliability and Validity Study of the McMaster Quality of Life Scale (MQLS) for a Palliative Population
Abstract
The McMaster Quality of Life Scale (MQLS) was developed to measure the quality of life in a palliative patient population. This paper describes the tool and its psychometric properties. Palliative stage patients could assess their condition using this tool (r = 0.84; 95% Cl 0.76-0.94). Although ratings by different raters (patient, family, staff) were correlated, systematic differences were found by source of rating, which suggests that proxy …
Authors
Sterkenburg CA; King B; Woodward CA
Journal
Journal of Palliative Care, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 18–25
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
March 1996
DOI
10.1177/082585979601200104
ISSN
0825-8597