A quality-of-life scale developed in the United States in 1972 as a measure of health status or dysfunction generated by a disease. It is a behaviorally based questionnaire for patients and addresses activities such as sleep and rest, mobility, recreation, home management, emotional behavior, social interaction, and the like. It measures the patient's perceived health status and is sensitive enough to detect changes or differences in health status occurring over time or between groups. (From Medical Care, vol.xix, no.8, August 1981, p.787-805)

Annotation

a health status indicator

DUI

D018434 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0027658

Previous indexing

Activities of Daily Living (1975-1994); Attitude to Health (1976-1994); Health Status Indicators (1976-1994); Quality of Life (1976-1994)

History note

95

Public note

95