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Arch Dis Child 1997;77:347-350 ( October )

Research methodology

Measuring quality of life

Meriel E M Jenney,^a Stephen Campbell^b

^a Department of Child Health, Llandough Hospital, Penlan Road, Penarth, South Glamorgan CF64 2XX, ^b National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester

Correspondence to: Dr Jenney.

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	Introduction

Over the past five years there has been an escalation in reports relating to quality of life issues for both adults and children. Measurement of quality of life has become fashionable for a number of reasonsthe medical profession is increasingly accountable for its performance when providing health care, measures of outcome are required as a major endpoint for phase III randomised controlled trials,¹ and it may be useful as an adjunct to justification of resource allocation. Emphasis is now also, rightly, being placed on the preferences of the patients, their perception of their own health, and the impact of treatment. But what is meant by quality of life in the context of health, what are the implications of assessing quality of life in children, and how, if at all, can it be measured?

	Defining quality of life

One of the major criticisms relating to recent publications concerning quality of life is a failure . . . [Full text of this article]

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