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	0471 98145 1 5 Volume Set + CD-ROM January 1999

Compendium of Quality of Life Instruments

Compiled by Sam Salek, Medicines Research Unit, Compendium of Quality of Life Instruments Working Group, Cardiff, UK

The first ever comprehensive source of original questionnaires and related information for researchers and practitioners in the field of health-related quality of life

Reliable one-stop information plus CD-ROM
An all-in-one up-to-date sourcebook that is easy and quick to use
Tried and tested existing Quality of Life Instruments from around the world

The Compendium contains over 150 questionnaires and translations covering a wide range of disorders. It is divided into four parts to ensure easy access to the required instruments:

General section containing non-disease specific quality-of- life questionnaires
Disease or disorder-specific questionnaires, from Anxiety and Depression through HIV/AIDS to Respiratory Diseases
Specific group section devoted to Caregivers, Children, Elderly, Women
Economic specific quality-of-life indices

Because every Quality of Life study is unique, instruments were chosen to reflect varying user requirements. In this way, the user is able to target differing populations and patients suffering from differing conditions.

The Compendium is international in flavour and features as many languages as possible. The languages featured range from Arabic and Bulgarian, through Flemish and Hindi to Tamil and Urdu.

The Compendium of Quality of Life Instruments comes as a package of two formats, ring-bound in a multi-volume set and a PC compatible CD-ROM. The CD-ROM gives you the flexibility to:

Search via contents or subject to identify the instrument you want quickly and easily;
Obtain high quality copies;
Or select from the collection of over 150 instruments.

For more information on The Compendium of Quality of Life, simply send an email to