Functional Status Measurement in Primary Care

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Psychometric Considerations in Functional Status Instruments....Pages 3-26
The Development of a New Measuring Instrument....Pages 27-42
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
The Use of Functional Status Assessment Within the Framework of the International Classification of Primary Care....Pages 45-56
The History of Health Status Assessment from the Point of View of the General Practitioner....Pages 57-65
Disease-Specific Functional Status Assessment....Pages 66-71
Functional Status Assessment in Relation to Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine....Pages 72-78
A Clinical Measure for Evaluating Patient Functioning in Diabetics....Pages 79-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
The COOP Function Charts: A System to Measure Patient Function in Physicians’ Offices....Pages 97-131
Studies with the Dartmouth COOP Charts in General Practice: Comparison with the Nottingham Health Profile and the General Health Questionnaire....Pages 132-149
Assessing Function: Does It Really Make a Difference? A Preliminary Evaluation of the Acceptability and Utility of the COOP Function Charts....Pages 150-165
Use of the Dartmouth COOP Charts in a Calgary Practice....Pages 166-180
A Trial of the Dartmouth, COOP Charts in Japan....Pages 181-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Results of Studies of the Auckland Health Status Survey....Pages 191-212
Functional Status Assessment in the Elderly....Pages 213-221
Studies Using the Nottingham Health Profile in General Practice....Pages 222-231
Position Paper on the Assessment of Functional Status in Primary Care in a Developing Country—Pakistan....Pages 232-235
Use of a Functional Status Instrument in the Danish Health Study....Pages 236-262
Back Matter....Pages 263-267