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| Is quality of life determined by expectations or experience? | | Author(s) | Alison J Carr, Barry Gibson, Peter G Robinson |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 322, no 7294, 19 May 2001 |
| Pages | pp 1240-1243 (Measuring quality of life) |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Quality of life ; Attitude ; Measurement. |
| Annotation | Health-related quality of life is the gap between our expectations of health and our experience of it. Perception of quality of life varies between individuals and is dynamic within them. People with different expectations will report that they have a different quality of life, even when they have the same clinical condition. Those whose health has changed may report the same level of quality of life when measures are repeated. Current measures do not take account of expectations and cannot distinguish between changes in the experience of disease and changes in expectations of health. This is the first in a series of five articles with the theme, "Measuring quality of life". (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010525203 A |
| Classmark | CC: F:59: DP: 3R |
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