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Tables of Contents for Quality of Life Assessment in Clinical Trials
Chapter/Section Title
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List of Contributors
ix
Part I Introduction
3
16
1 Understanding and using health-related quality of life instruments within clinical research studies
3
16
Richard A. Berzon
Part II Primary issues specific to quality of life trials
19
74
2 Guidelines for measuring health-related quality of life in clinical trials
19
18
David Osoba
3 Sample sizes for randomized trials measuring quality of life
37
14
David Machin
Peter M. Fayers
4 Cross-cultural issues in the use of quality of life measures in randomized controlled trials
51
18
Sonja M. Hunt
5 Profile versus utility based measures of outcome for clinical trials
69
24
Robert M. Kaptan
Part III Decision theory and preference assessment
93
64
6 Introduction to decision theory and utilities
93
26
Frank A. Sonnenberg
7 Using decision theory in clinical research: applications of quality-adjusted life-years
119
24
Carolyn E. Schwartz
Elissa A. Laitin
8 Possibilities for summarizing health-related quality of life when using a profile instrument
143
14
Ron D. Hays
Jordi Alonso
Stephen Joel Coons
Part IV Psychometry
157
70
9 Questionnaire scaling: models and issues
157
12
Dennis A. Rericki
Nancy Kline Leidy
10 Assessing reliability and validity of measurement in clinical trials
169
14
Ron D. Hays
Roger T. Anderson
Dennis Rericki
11 Item response theory models
183
8
Ron D. Hays
12 Factor analysis
191
36
Peter M. Fayers
David Machin
Part V Data analysis
227
72
13 Methods of analysis for longitudinal studies of health-related quality of life
227
22
Diane L. Fairclough
14 Analysis of incomplete quality of life data in clinical trials
249
32
Desmond Curran
Peter M. Fayers
Geert Molenberghs
David Machin
15 Using the Q-TWiST method for treatment comparisons in clinical trials
281
18
Shari Gelber
Richard D. Gelber
Bernard F. Cole
Aron Goldhirsch
Part VI Interpreting and reporting results of QoL clinical trials
299
50
16 Clinical interpretation of health-related quality of life data
299
16
Eva Lydick
Barbara P. Yawn
17 Summarizing quality of life data using graphical methods
315
22
Peter M. Fayers
David Machin
18 Guidelines for reporting results of quality of life assessments in clinical trials
337
12
Maurice J. Staquet
Richard A. Berzon
David Osoba
David Machin
Index
349