Topic H Review Questions

Question 1

Humanistic outcomes are also known as patient reported outcomes.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

HRQoL is the part of a person’s overall quality of life QoL that is health related, meaning the functional effect of an illness and its consequent therapy upon a patient as perceived by the provider.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Utility measures are also known as preference based OR choice based measures.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

“Living with asthma questionnaire” is an example of general measures of HRQoL.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

SF-36 measure the patient’s health status during only the year the surgery is conducted.

Answer 5

False
(during the past year)

Question 6

“Do you feel nervous?” “Do you feel anxious?”

Answer 6

Internal Consistency

Question 7

The scope of your Exam 1 is Topics A, B, C, D and E. If your exam covers topics A, B, C, D and E only but not other topics, then the Exam 1 would have _________ validity.

Answer 7

Content

Question 8

Researchers are analyzing health outcome data. Among multiple domains, they differentiated physical functioning from mental functioning. By doing so, the researchers used ____________ construct validity instrument.

Answer 8

Discriminant