title: Interpretation of quality of life changes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Merck Research Laboratories, West Point 19486.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lydick
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D015982:Bias; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome