Lydick E, Epstein R S
Merck Research Laboratories, West Point 19486.
Qual Life Res. 1993 Jun;2(3):221-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00435226.
The clinical significance of quality of life changes has little to do with the QOL as a measure, but is rather a reflection on the novelty of the measures and researcher's inexperience in their use. This article discusses possible ways of evaluating quality of life measures in terms of patient-clinician interactions and how the clinician can assess the importance of these changes of QOL in terms of treatment and management of disease.
生活质量变化的临床意义与作为一种测量手段的生活质量本身关系不大，而更多地反映了测量方法的新颖性以及研究人员在使用这些方法方面的经验不足。本文从患者与临床医生的互动角度探讨了评估生活质量测量方法的可能途径，以及临床医生如何根据疾病的治疗和管理来评估这些生活质量变化的重要性。
