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Quality of Life Assessments

  • Child Health Assessment Questionnaire - self-report and parent report survey for children and adolescents ages 5 or older with different versions that evaluate domains such as physical functioning, role/social emotional, role/social behavioral, role physical, bodily pain, general behavior, mental health, self-esteem, general health perceptions, change in health, parental impact-emotional, parental impact-time, family activities, family cohesion
  • Dartmouth COOP Clinical Improvement System (general & disease-specific) - self-report survey for children and adolescents 10 and older and adults; adult version for dialysis patients evaluates health and function, clinician attention to needs, risk/habits, preventions, bothers/concerns, diagnoses, medications, finances, and provides SF-36 estimated scores
  • Duke Health Profile - self-report survey evaluates functioning domains such as physical health, mental health, social health, general health, perceived health, self-esteem and dysfunction domains of anxiety, depression, anxiety-depression, pain, disability
  • Kidney Disease Quality of Life (disease-specific) - self-report survey measures all SF-36 domains (physical functioning, role limitations-physical, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, role limitations-emotional, mental health) plus symptoms/problems, effects of kidney disease on daily life, burden of kidney disease, cognitive function, work status, sexual function, quality of social interaction, and sleep
  • Quality of Life Assessment Instruments Database (QOLID) - the QOLID database is a collaborative effort of several international organizations interested in patient reported outcomes
  • SF-36, SF-12 (both with on-line versions) and SF-8 - generic self-report survey measuring domains of physical functioning, role limitations-physical, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, role limitations-emotional, mental health

Mental health professionals may obtain almost any other psychological test from:

MHS
908 Niagara Falls Blvd.
N. Tonawanda, NY  14120-2060
(800) 456-3003