Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài:Measuring the effect of intimate partner violence on health-related quality of life: a qualitative focus group study | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Research Open Access Measuring the effect of intimate partner violence on health-related quality of life a qualitative focus group study Eve Wittenberg 1 Manisha Joshi2 Kristie A Thomas2 and Laura A McCloskey3 Address 1Heller School for Social Policy and Management Brandeis University Waltham MA USA 2School of Social Policy and Practice University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA USA and 3Merrill-Palmer Skillman Institute Wayne State University Detroit MI USA Email Eve Wittenberg - ewittenberg@ Manisha Joshi - manishaj@ Kristie A Thomas - kristiet@ Laura AMcCloskey - bb9296@ Corresponding author Published 19 December 2007 Received 14 September 2007 . f. .LI. J -1 . . - -7 r z-7 -71- I- I- z-7 Accepted 19 December 2007 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2007 5 67 doi 1477-7525-5-67 r This article is available from http content 5 1 67 2007 Wittenberg et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Health related quality of life HRQOL can be measured by a wide range of instruments many of which have been designed for specific conditions or uses. Preference-based measures assess the value individuals place on health and are included in economic evaluations of treatments and interventions such as cost effectiveness analysis . As economic evaluation becomes more common it is important to assess the applicability of preference-based health related quality of life HRQOL measures to public health issues. This study investigated the usefulness of such instruments in the context of intimate partner violence IPV a public health concern that that can seriously affect quality of life.
