Conference Program (PDF) - ISOQOL

Friday
care and chronic pain patients.
Peter M. Fayers, Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, Marianne J. Hjermstad, Oncology, Oslo University Hospital,
Oslo, Norway, Pål Klepstad, Anaesthesiology and Acute Medicine, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway, Jon
Håvard Loge, Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Augusto T. Caraceni, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Unit,
National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy, Petter Borchgrevink, Anaesthesiology and Acute Medicine, St. Olavs University Hospital,
Trondheim, Norway, Stein Kaasa, Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Trondheim, Norway
1625/Do People Interpret and Respond to Questions About Their Pain in a Comparable Manner?
Richard Sawatzky, Nursing, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada, Jacek A. Kopec, Eric C. Sayre,
Population & Public Health, Pamela A. Ratner, Nursing, Bruno D. Zumbo, ECPS, Measurement, Evaluation & Research Methodology,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1410/Interactions between cancer type, pain and personality type on self reported Quality of Life (QL) responses
Colin D. Johnson, Gurpreet Ghir, Kate Goyder, Jessica Lightburn, Lidia Machado, Surgery, University of Southampton, Southampton,
hants, UK
1241/Willingness-to-Pay for a Quality-Adjusted Life-Year Due to Pain Associated with Herpes Zoster: Patient
and Community Perspectives
Ismael R. Ortega-Sanchez, Nat Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta, GA, Tracy A. Lieu, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA, Tomas Ray, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA, Ken Kleiman, Department of Ambulatory
Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Donna Rusinak, Department of
Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, GA, Lisa A. Posser, Department
of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA
Theory
Chair: Ivan Barofsky, PhD
Hilton Meeting Rooms 1-6
1691/The PRO Concept Taxonomy: A Structure For Improving Communication About Health Outcomes
Pennifer Erickson, Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State Univ., State College, PA, Richard J. Willke, Global Outcomes
Research, Pfizer, Inc., Peapack, NJ
1451/Psychosocial Biases in Quality of Life (QOL) Assessments
Carolyn C. Gotay, Population & Public Health, David Osoba, Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1235/Conceptual issues in QoL research
Jacobien M. Kieffer, Gijsbert H. Verrips, Johan Hoogstraten, Social Dentistry and Behavioural Sciences, Academic Centre of
Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1106/Measurement Properties: A new framework to contribute to the debate between the field of clinimetrics
and psychometrics
Maja Stupar, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Dorcas Beaton, Li Ka Shing
Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Pierre Côté, Eleanor Boyle, J David Cassidy, Toronto Western
Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
11:15 – 11:30 am
Break
West Wing Lobby
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Concurrent Oral Sessions
Psychometric Methods
Chair: Neil Aaronson, PhD
Sandringham Suite
1733/Beyond traditional psychometric methods: Can Rasch help the DASH?
John P. Zajicek, Clinical Neurology Research Group, Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth, Devon, UK, Stefan J. Cano, Louise E.
Barrett, Jeremy C. Hobart, Clinical Neurology Research Group, Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
1645/Application of Rasch Analysis to a Novel Dermatology-Specific Quality of Life Measure for Adolescents
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