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The Nottingham health profile: A useful tool for epidemiologists?

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  • Kind, Paul
  • Carr-Hill, Roy

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The Nottingham health profile has been portrayed as a multipurpose measure of health status, capable of being used in population surveys and in evaluation of medical interventions. This paper examines basic operating characteristics of the profile, using data collected in a large survey of the community. Examination of the response pattern suggests that the NHP is not effective in discriminating health statuses as the modal response is zero. If it is to be used as a screening tool then there are considerable redundancies so that two or three items are sufficient; and for a diagnostic purpose, the existence of substantial covariation between items makes interpretation difficult. There is a need for an instrument fulfilling one or all of these purposes, but we need to know the operating characteristics of any instrument in detail before applying it. These results demonstrate that the methodological base of the NHP has yet to be established.

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  • Kind, Paul & Carr-Hill, Roy, 1987. "The Nottingham health profile: A useful tool for epidemiologists?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 25(8), pages 905-910, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:25:y:1987:i:8:p:905-910
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    1. David K. Whynes & Aileen R. Neilson, 1993. "Convergent validity of two measures of the quality of life," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 2(3), pages 229-235, October.
    2. Mikel Tous-Espelosín & Ilargi Gorostegi-Anduaga & Pablo Corres & Aitor MartinezAguirre-Betolaza & Sara Maldonado-Martín, 2020. "Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life after Different Aerobic Exercise Programs in Physically Inactive Adults with Overweight/Obesity and Primary Hypertension: Data from the EXERDIET-HTA Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(24), pages 1-12, December.
    3. Crispin Jenkinson, 1990. "Health Status and Mood State in a Migraine Sample," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 36(1), pages 42-48, March.
    4. Paul Kind & Claire Gudex, 1991. "The HMQ: measuring health status in the community," Working Papers 093chedp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.

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