ICS/IUGA 2010 Workshop 37 - Quality of life and symptom assessment in routine urogynaecological practice

Speakers
	Workshop 37
	Tuesday 24th August 2010
	14:00 - 17:00
	Room 717B Capacity: 50
	Lunch provided
P Philip Toozs-Hobson Workshop Chair D Dudley Robinson Workshop Speaker S Stephen Radley Workshop Speaker S Swati Jha Workshop Speaker F Fiona Reid Workshop Speaker
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Level	Basic
Duration	180 minutes
Category	Quality of Life (QoL)
Keywords	Quality of life Psychological Impact Outcome assessment
Target Audience	Urogynaecologists, Urologists, physiotherapits and nurses wanting to learn about integrating QoL into routine practice
Aims and Objectives	To understand the principles of psychometrics: Instrument design, development, validation & terminology used in this field. To examine differences between patient centred outcomes, objective measurement of QoL & other conventional methods used in health care. To understand the practical & ethical issues surrounding HR QoLmeasurement in day-to-day practice, including the feasibility, clinical utility & impact of using questionnaires & electronic interviewing as well as issues surrounding the storage, interpretation & data protection. To explore the potential applications of questionnaires in urogynaecology, including, psychological profiling, on-line assessment, virtual clinics, long-term monitoring and self-help.