Instruments for clinical health-care research
"Instruments for Clinical Health-Care Research, Third Edition will facilitate researching clinical concepts and variables of interest, and will enhance the focus on linking clinical variable assessment with routine measurement of everyday clinical interventions."--Jacket.
| Other Authors: | Frank-Stromborg, Marilyn., Olsen, Sharon J. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Sudbury, Mass. :
Jones and Bartlett Publishers,
[2004]
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| Physical Description: |
xxi, 713 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Series: |
Jones and Bartlett series in oncology.
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Table of contents |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Evaluating instruments for use in clinical nursing research
- Ch. 2. Tool adaptation to reduce health disparities
- Ch. 3. Measurements issues with children and adolescents
- Ch. 4. Measurement issues with the elderly
- Ch. 5. Measurement issues concerning linguistic translations
- Ch. 6. Physiologic measurement issues
- Ch. 7. Cultural considerations in research instrumentation development
- Ch. 8. Measuring function
- Ch. 9. Measuring cognitive status
- Ch. 10. Single instruments for measuring quality of life
- Ch. 11. Multiple instruments for measuring quality of life
- Ch. 12. Social support: conceptualization and measurement instruments
- Ch. 13. Measuring coping
- Ch. 14. Measuring hope
- Ch. 15. Instruments to measure aspects of spirituality
- Ch. 16. Measuring body image
- Ch. 17. Measuring sexuality: physiologic, psychologic, and relationship dimensions
- Ch. 18. Measuring dietary intake and nutritional outcomes
- Ch. 19. Measuring sleep
- Ch. 20. Attitudes toward chronic illness
- Ch. 21. Selecting a tool for measuring cancer attitudes
- Ch. 22. Measuring family outcomes
- Ch. 23. Measuring anxiety
- Ch. 24. Measuring depression
- Ch. 25. Measuring healthy lifestyle
- Ch. 26. Measuring self-care activities
- Ch. 27. Measuring breast and colorectal cancer screening beliefs and behaviors
- Ch. 28. Measuring information-seeking behaviors and decision-making preferences
- Ch. 29. Measuring alterations in taste and smell
- Ch. 30. Measuring bowel elimination
- Ch. 31. Measuring cardiac parameters
- Ch. 32. Measuring physiologic parameters in obstetric nursing
- Ch. 33. Measuring dyspnea
- Ch. 34. Measuring fatigue
- Ch. 35. Measuring mobility and potential for falls
- Ch. 36. Measuring nausea, vomiting, and retching
- Ch. 37. Assessing the oral cavity
- Ch. 38. Measuring pain
- Ch. 39. Measuring skin integrity
- Ch. 40. Assessing vaginitis.