title: [Methods and instruments for measuring and evaluating quality of life].
abstract: The measurement of quality of life is a new and methodologically difficult approach for assessing the outcome of an operation. It is not a degenerated slogan of a superficial "recreation society". It must be determined by a team of surgeons and professionals using psychometry and social sciences. If possible, only validated test procedures should be employed in clinical trials. The quick development of new procedures should be avoided. The quality of life is today generally a more sensitive criterion for the success of an operation than perioperative mortality.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Theoretische Chirurgie, Philipps-Universität, Klinikum Lahnberge, Marburg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lorenz
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D010556:Personality Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Methoden und Instrumente zur Messung und Beurteilung der Lebensqualität.