A number of outcome scales are available directly from the Psychometric Laboratory. Each scale is available free for use within public health systems or associated 'not for profit' agencies. Registration is required via the contact address at the bottom of this page. Enquires for commercial use, or for research sponsored by commercial agencies should be addressed to a.tennant@leeds.ac.uk in the first instance, except for those marked * which should be directed to our collaborating partner Galen Research .
Published
LMSQoL - The Leeds Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life scale. (Ford HL, Gerry E, Tennant A, Whalley D, Haigh R, Johnson MH). Developing a disease specific quality of life measure for people with multiple sclerosis. Clinical Rehabil 2001; 15: 247-258).
RA-WIS - The Rheumatoid Arthritis Work Instability Scale. (Gilworth G , Chamberlain, A Harvey, A, Woodhouse A, Smith J, Smyth MG and Tennant A). Development of a work instability scale for rheumatoid arthritis . Arthritis Rheum 2003 49 :349-354).
ASQoL - The Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Scale. (LC Doward, A Spoorenberg, SA Cook, D Whalley, PS Helliwell, LJ Kay, SP McKenna, A Tennant, D van der Heijde, MA Chamberlain). The Development of the ASQoL: A quality of life instrument specific to Ankylosing Spondylitis. Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62 :20-26). *
PsAQoL - The Psoriatic Arthritis Quality of Life scale. (McKenna SP, Doward L, Whalley D, Tennant A, Emery P Veale D). The Development of the PsAQoL: A quality of life instrument specific to Psoriatic Arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 162-169). *
BDQoL - The Behçets Disease Quality of Life scale. (G. Gilworth, MA Chamberlain, B. Bhakta, A. Silman, D. Haskard and A. Tennant). The Development of the BD-Qol: A Quality of Life Instrument Specific to Behçet's Disease. Gilworth G, Chamberlain MA, Bhakta B, Silman A, Haskard D, Tennant A. The Development of the BD-Qol: A Quality of Life Instrument Specific to Behçet's Disease. J Rheum 2004; 31: 931-7.
LFIS - The Leeds Foot Impact Scale. (Helliwell P, Allen N, Gilworth G, Redmond A, Slade A, Tennant A, Woodburn J).
Development of a fooot impact scale for rheumatoid arthritis. Arthr Rheum 2005; 53: 418-422.
TBI-WIS - Traumatic Brain Injury Work Instability Scale. (Gilworth G, Carey A, Eyres S, Sloan J, Rainford B, Bodenham D, Neumann V, Tennant A). Screening for job loss: development of a work instability scale for traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury 2006; 20:835-843.
Nurse-WIS - The Nursing Work Instability Scale (musculoskeletal related disorders). (Gilworth G, Bhakta B, Eyres S, Carey A, Chamberlain MA, Tennant A). Keeping Nurses Working: Development and psychometric testing of the Nurse-Work Instability Scale (Nurse-WIS). Journal of Advanced Nursing 2007.
FPI - The Posture Index. (Keenan A-M, Redmond A, Horton M, Conaghan P, Tennant A). The Foot Posture Index: Rasch analysis of a novel, foot specific outcome measure. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007; 88:88-93.
OA-QoL - The Osteoarthritis Quality of Life Scale. (Keenan A-M*, McKenna SP, Doward LC, Conaghan PG, Emery P, Tennant A). OAQoL: The development and validation of a quality of life instrument for osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care and Research 2008; 59:841-848.
L-QoL - The Systemic Lupus Erythamatosus Quality of Life Scale. (Doward LC, McKenna SP, Whalley D, Tennant A, Griffiths B, Emery P, Veale DJ). The Development of the L-QoL: A quality of life instrument specific to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Ann Rheum Dis 2008. *
AS-WIS.- The Ankylosing Spondylitis Work InstabilitY Scale ( Gilworth G, Emery P, Barkham N, Smyth MG, Helliwell P, Tennant A). Reducing Work Disability in Ankylosing Spondylitis - Development of a Work Instability Scale for AS. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009, 10:68.
Completed
Newly developed, not yet published, and available for restricted use for further validity and reliability studies.
SSc-QoL
Systemic Sclerosis Quality of Life Scale.
MS-WIS
Multiple Sclerosis Work Instability Scale.
Epilepsy-WIS
Epilepsy Work Instability Scale.
Forthcoming
The following scale will be available by the end of 2009. This is being developed through our postgraduate programme in the Laboratory.
Stroke-QoL
The Stroke Quality of Life Scale.
Language Adaptations.
All scales are copyright to either the University of Leeds, or our collaborating partner Galen Research in Manchester.
Adaptation of any of these scales requires explicit permission, and will, at a minimum, require the use of existing strict protocols for the process.
For the AS-Qol, L-QoL or PsA-QoL, please approach Galen Research directly
