Author	Streiner, David L
Title	Health measurement scales [electronic resource] : a practical guide to their development and use / David L. Streiner and Geoffrey R. Norman
Imprint	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008
Edition	4th ed
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231881.001.0001
Descript	1 online resource (xvii, 431 p.) : ill

This title offers a practical guide for clinicians developing tools to measure subjective states, attitudes or non-tangible outcomes in their patients. It provides details on cognitive requirements in answering questions, and outlines how these might influence scale development

1. Health status indicators -- Measurement
2. Health surveys
3. Public health -- Evaluation
4. Medical care -- Evaluation