RESEARCH RESOURCES

Nursing Research

• AACN Position Statement on Nursing Reserach

• Introduction to Research

• Quizzes
• Quantitative Methods Research Terms Quiz
• Qualitative Methods Research Terminology Quiz
• Content Analysis
• Stemler, Steve (2001). An overview of content analysis. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 7(17). Retrieved March 31, 2006 from http://PAREonline.net/getvn.asp?v=7&n=17
• Concordance Software
• Qualitative & Quantitative Critique Resources
• Daggett, L.M., Harbaugh, B., Collum, L. A. (2005). A worksheet for critiquing quantitative nursing research. Nurse Educator, 30(6). Retrieved March 31, 2006 from http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/static.asp?pageid=637834
• Nursing Research (Journal) Open Manuscript Review

• ARENA/PRIM&R (Applied Research Ethics National Association)
• IRC-Independent Review Consulting, Inc.
• IRB Discussion and News Forum
• Office of Research Integrity
• DHHS-Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
• Declaration of Helsinki (Biomedical research recommendations)
• DHHS (Department of Health and Human Services)
• Federal Register Online
• FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
• NSF (National Science Foundation)
• ORI (Office of Research Integrity)
• USDA (US Department of Agriculture)
• University of Minnesota Informed Consent
• NIH Office of Human Subjects Research
• NIH computer based training Human Participant Protections Education for Research Teams
• Simplification of Informed Consent Documents

• Buros Institute of Mental Measurements

• Basics of Developing Questionnaires

• American Academy of Pediatrics - Assessment Tools
• American Thoracic Society Quality of Life Instruments (Wide selection of Quality of Life tools)
• Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ)
• A computer-assisted instrument to assess health-related quality of life in children and adolescents
• Child Health Toolbox
• Core MOS measures of quality of life
• Healthy Days Measures (CDC HRQOL)
• ~Dartmouth COOP Charts
• The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) Measurement System
• ~Generalized Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale
• ~Geriatric Depression Scale -- GDS
• HIV-PARSE Baseline Questionnaire
• Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS)
• Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales
• MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire (MacNew)
• Mini Mental State Examination
• The MOS Social Support Survey
• Patient Satisfaction Survey
• Patient Satisfaction Questionnaires (PSQ III) (PSQ-18)
• Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL)
• Pediatric asthma symptom scale
• RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0

• American Thoracic Society - Quality of Life Group
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Adult and Community Health
• ~Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School
• Cochrane Collaboration
• Department of Health Care Policy Harvard Medical School
• Department of Health Services, University of Washington
• European Clearing Houses on Health Outcomes (ECHHO)
• Health Assessment Lab (HAL)
• International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
• Medical Technology & Practice Patterns Institute (MTPPI)
• National Center for Health Outcome Development (includes the Patient-assessed Health Instruments database)
• National Institute of Nursing Research
• Pain Research Group (PRG)
• Quality of Life Research Unit, University of Toronto
• QualityMetric
• RAND Health Program
• Society for Quality Of Life (QOL) Research
• Stratis Health
• St Ann's Hospice
• UCSD Health Outcomes Assessment Program

• British Medical Journal
• Journal of American Medical Association

• NLM's Databases & Electronic Information Sources - free access to MEDLINE
• Library of Congress

• American Thoracic Society - Measurement issues
• CDC Health-Related Quality of Life
• Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Disease
• Quality of life compendium
• The RAND Tools for Assessing Quality of Life and Health Status

• PollCat Polls and Surveys: http://www.pollcat.com/

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