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The QE Health Scale (QEHS): assessment of the clinical reliability and validity of a spiritually based holistic health measure.

Faull K, Hills MD

QE Health, Rotorua, New Zealand. research@qehealth.co.nz

PURPOSE: To assess the clinical reliability and validity of a holistic health measure, the QE Health Scale (QEHS), for use with people with physical disabilities. METHOD: A test-retest design saw the QEHS administered and compared with established measures of health at admission and discharge from three-week inpatient rehabilitation programmes. Data was analysed by factor and correlation analysis. Clinician-reported credibility and usefulness of the theoretical basis of the QEHS, the QEHS itself, and Patient Profiles derived from the QEHS were also used to evaluate clinical validity. RESULTS: The QEHS was judged to possess satisfactory reliability and validity. CONCLUSION: The QEHS is a clinically reliable, valid, credible and useful holistic health instrument to facilitate client-centred therapeutic interventions, inform decision-making and evaluate outcomes for people with physical disabilities.

Published 24 April 2007 in Disabil Rehabil, 29(9): 701-16.
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