TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eisen,Marvin
AU  - Donald,Cathy A.
AU  - Ware,John E.
AU  - Brook,Robert H.
ED  - Rand Corporation.
ED  - United States.
TI  - Conceptualization and measurement of health for children in the health insurance study
SN  - 0833001833
AV  - RJ101 .C66 1980
PY  - 1980///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - Children
KW  - Health and hygiene
KW  - United States
KW  - Health status indicators
KW  - Health surveys
N1  - "May 1980."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-314); Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - Reviews published literature and documents health status measures used in the Health Insurance Study for children aged 13 and younger.  Scaling studies supported construction of ten summated ratings scales pertaining to (1) mental health--anxiety, depression, positive well-being, mental health index; (2) social health-social relations; (3) general health--current health, prior health, resistance and susceptibility to illness, general health ratings index; and (4) parental satisfaction with child development.  Four functional status measures were constructed for ages 0-4:  two single-item physical activity limitations and self-care activity limitations scores and two dichotomous role activity limitations and total functional limitations scores.  Four were constructed for ages 5-13:  three dichotomous role activity limitations, self-care and mobility limitations, and total functional limitations scores; and one cumulative physical activity scale.  Measures appear sufficiently reliable and valid for testing hypotheses about the effects of health care policies on health status
UR  - http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2313/
ER  -