An example: pl go thru

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Friends,

Please go through the following example copied verbatim from an online article entitled “Quality of life: Can we measure it?†by Professor Barlow, Director, Psychosocial Research Centre – Chronic Conditions & Disability, School of Health & Social Sciences, Coventry

University.

This case study is from Andy ’s PhD on osteoarthritis and ex-professional footballers. The following data are based on a man now aged 50, with 20 caps for England. He was diagnosed with osteoarthritis when he was 35, attributed to injuries and treatment for injuries during his playing career. He’s had a left knee replacement and is currently in a great deal of pain and discomfort. He spent an hour and a half telling Andy about his pain, stigma and discomfort and how OA was impacting on his life.

However, when asked to rate his health on a scale of 0-100, he scored 100, saying his health was ‘perfect’ apart from his asthma. Because he had enjoyed his career, he discounted the pain and knee replacement.

The message is, you can’t make assumptions about how people will score on QoL or even a rating of health measure. We would have rated his QoL as quite low, because he had talked extensively about the stigma of not being able to sit properly, needing stools for his legs etc.

[Guest guest]

hello,

This is a very telling example of how subjective QOL is. Any one else in his place would have scored less but since the person was at peace with himself, his scores were high.

kunda

From: smita sontakke <smitaavanti@...>netrum group <netrum >Sent: Fri, 11 February, 2011 11:56:07 AMSubject: An example: pl go thru

Friends, Please go through the following example copied verbatim from an online article entitled “Quality of life: Can we measure it?†by Professor Barlow, Director, Psychosocial Research Centre – Chronic Conditions & Disability, School of Health & Social Sciences, Coventry University. This case study is from Andy ’s PhD on osteoarthritis and ex-professional footballers. The following data are based on a man now aged 50, with 20 caps for England. He was diagnosed with osteoarthritis when he was 35, attributed to injuries and treatment for injuries during his playing career. He’s had a left knee replacement and is currently in a great deal of pain and discomfort. He spent an hour and a half telling Andy about his pain, stigma and discomfort and how OA was impacting on his life. However, when asked to rate his health on a scale of 0-100, he scored 100, saying his health was ‘perfect’ apart from his asthma. Because he had enjoyed his career, he discounted the pain and knee replacement. The message is, you can’t make assumptions about how people will score on QoL or even a rating of health measure. We would have rated his QoL as quite low, because he had talked extensively about the stigma of not being able to sit properly, needing stools for his legs etc.