Guideline 3.11: Venous Imaging We suggest selective computed tomography venography,
magnetic resonance venography, contrast venography, and/or intravascular ultrasound in …

The SF-36 (Medical Outcomes Trust, Boston, MA) is a multipurpose, short-form health survey
with only 36 questions. It yields an eight-scale profile of scores as well as physical and …

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the American Venous Forum (AVF) have
developed clinical practice guidelines for the care of patients with varicose veins of the lower …

We have developed a 12-item questionnaire for patients having a total knee replacement
(TKR). We made a prospective study of 117 patients before operation and at follow-up six …

The primary objectives of this research were to translate, validate, and generate normative
data on the SF-36 Health Survey for use among Dutch-speaking residents of the …

A review of the literature suggests there are two major aspects of responsiveness. We define
the first as “internal responsiveness,” which characterizes the ability of a measure to change …

Background The SF-36 is a generic health status measure which has gained popularity as a
measure of outcome in a wide variety of patient groups and social surveys. However, there …

This article reviews current approaches to defining clinically meaningful change in health-
related quality of life (HRQOL) and provides guidelines for their use. Definitions of clinically …

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Bowling Page 2 MEASURING HEALTH Third Edition Page 3 Page 4 MEASURING HEALTH …

Test-based psychological assessment has been significantly affected by the health care
revolution in the United States during the past two decades. Despite new limitations on …