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Assessing Quality of Life in Clinical Trials
Methods and Practice

Edited by Peter Fayers and Ron Hays
Oxford University Press
0198527691, hardback, 464 pages
Publication date: 2005
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(Note: Editor and author royalties are being donated to the International Society for Quality of Life Research.)

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Recent Presentations

11/18/2009: Hays, Ron D.  Adapting the CAHPS Clinician and Group Survey to the American Indian Population.  62nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.   Atlanta, GA: November 18, 2009.

11/18/2009: Hays, Ron D.  Discussion of Issues and Approaches Presented by Templin and Teresi.  62nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.   Atlanta, GA: November 18, 2009.

11/17/2009: Hays, Ron D.  A Comprehensive Approach to the Measurement of Health Outcomes.  UCLA K30 Workshop Module 2 - Los Angeles, CA: August 7, 2009. 

11/13/2009: Hays, Ron D. Evaluating Multi-item Scales.   Lecture to UCLA HS237A - Los Angeles, CA: November 10, 2009. 

11/2/2009: Hays, Ron D.  16 Good Years: It's all Downhill from Here.  President's Award Address at the 16th Annual ISOQOL Conference.  New Orleans, Louisiana: October 30, 2009. (more)

11/2/2009: Hays, Ron D.  Impact of using a next button in a web-based health survey on time to complete and reliability of measurement.  16th Annual ISOQOL Conference.  New Orleans, Louisiana: October 31, 2009.

10/23/2009: Hays, Ron D. Item Response Theory (IRT) Models for Questionnaire Evaluation: Response to Reeve.  NCHS workshop - question evaluation methods  - Hyattsville, MD: October 22, 2009. 

10/16/2009: Hays, Ron D. Multitrait Scaling and IRT: Part I.  Questionnaire Design and Testing Workshop.  UCLA - Los Angeles, CA: October 16, 2009. 

10/16/2009: Hays, Ron D. Multitrait Scaling and IRT: Part II.  Questionnaire Design and Testing Workshop.  UCLA - Los Angeles, CA: October 16, 2009. 

10/2/2009: Hays, Ron D.  Impact of using a next button in a web-based health survey on time to complete and reliability of measurement.  UCLA GIM/HSR Research Seminar Series.  UCLA - Los Angeles, CA: October 2, 2009. (audio now available - presentation starts at around the 9:38 minute mark)

8/10/2009: Hays, Ron D.  The Life Story of Ron Hays -  UCLA GIM/HSR Introduction to Fellows.  UCLA - Los Angeles, CA: August 7, 2009. 

7/22/2009: Hays, Ron D. Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL).   UCLA Nursing School Students.  UCLA - Los Angeles, CA: July 20, 2009. 

7/13/2009: Hays, Ron D.  Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) Assessment in Outcome Studies.  GCRC Summer Course "The Essentials of Clinical Investigation: Developing a Research Proposal".  UCLA - Los Angeles, CA: July 13, 2009. 

7/2/2009: Hays, Ron D. Development of Physical and Mental Health Summary Scores from PROMIS Global Items.  Academy of Health  - Chicago, IL: June 29, 2009.

6/11/2009: Hays, Ron D. Health-Related Quality of Life Preference Measures for Vision Studies.  Allergan - Irvine, CA: June 10, 2009. 

5/11/2009: Hays, Ron D.  Introducing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to Novices Using Kevin Heslin's SF-36 Data from Opiod Users.  UCLA GIM/HSR Research Seminar Series.  UCLA - Los Angeles, CA: May 8, 2009. 

5/8/2009: Hays, Ron D.  Studying the doctor-patient relationship: Assessing patient perceptions of health care.  Lecture to UCLA HS265 Challenges in Clinical Health Services - Los Angeles, CA: May 7, 2009. 

3/12/2009: Hays, Ron D.  Diversity in Quality Improvement.  Institute of Medicine - Workshop: Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.  Newport Beach, CA: March 11, 2009. 

1/5/2009: Hays, Ron D.  Ambulatory Care Survey Updates - Health Information Technology (HITS).  11th CAHPS & 1st SOPS User Group Meeting.   Scottsdale, Arizona: December 4, 2008. 

1/2/2009: Hays, Ron D.  Measurement Tools to Enhance Health-Related Quality of Life Research: The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS).  15th Annual International Society for Quality of Life Research Conference.  Montevideo, Uruguay: October 25, 2008. 

1/2/2009: Hays, Ron D.  Evaluation of Mode (Mail vs. Phone administration) Effects for Generic Health-Related Quality of Life Measures in Clinical Outcomes and Measurement of Health Study (COMHS).  15th Annual International Society for Quality of Life Research Conference.  Montevideo, Uruguay: October 25, 2008. 

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In memorium - Eve Fielder, Ph.D.

A few words from Ron Hays

UCLA Faculty Center - November 20, 2008

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