Wioletta Turska, Agnieszka Skowron
Metodyka oceny jakości życia
2009-09-15
Methodics of quality of life assessment. This article approaches the concept of quality of life (QOL) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL), especially in pharmaceutical sciences. The reasons, aims and practical application of such an assessment are presented. It is also described how quality of life may be measured, with emphasis on standardized questionnaires, and how specific health states are assessed, as health state utility or value of health state. Three questionnaires used to measuring general quality of life are described.Keywords: quality of life.