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4. Quality-of-Life Measures and Methods Used to Study Antihypertensive Medications
Pages 51-54

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... Because we were studying hypertensive patients whose modes of life approximate those of o~en~rise hearty persons in most respects, we needed to obtain a comprehensive picture of me profile of me patient's life that would be very similar to Mat of a nonhypertensive, hearty person. If we were studying the quality of life of padents with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, we would have modified our measures and selected a more constricted band of indicators.
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From page 52...
... Hence, it was necessary to adapt existing instruments for the special needs of this study and, in some instances, to construct new measures. To assess physical symptoms associated with andhypertensive medications, we adapted questions used commonly in clinical practice, frmning these as a Physical Symptoms Distress Index (Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program Cooperation Group 1982, Derogads and Spencer
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From page 53...
... To assess changes In work performance tart might be associated win antihypertensive medications, we employed a number of items conceding work performance, adapted In part from previous scale items by House (19811. If we were carrying out tills study again, we would probably follow a similar program in selecting instruments for assessing quality-of-life dimensions.
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... Tra~l-Malcing Manual for Administration, Sconng, and Interpretation Department of Neurology, Section of Neuropsychology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, 1958. Wechsler, D
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