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Location Oxford
Name of Centre Patient Report Health Instruments Group (PHI), University of Oxford
Website http://phi.uhce.ox.ac.uk
Head of Centre Prof Ray Fitzpatrick
Other academic staff

 
Research interests
  • Provision of a bibliographic database containing records of publications relating to the development and testing of patient reported health instruments
  • Details of selection criteria to guide the application of patient reported health instruments
  • Systematic reviews of instruments for specific populations and conditions (Child health, Mental health, Diabetes Mellitus, Older people and Patient involvement)
  • Development of the Oxford Hip Score, Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire, and UK Seattle Angina Questionnaire
  • Evaluation of generic instruments including EuroQol and the SF-36 and individualised instruments including the Patient Generated Index
  • Advice and support to health-care professionals in use and interpretation of patient reported health instruments
Other information

The Patient Reported Health Instruments Group (http://phi.uhce.ox.ac.uk) is part of the National Centre for Health Outcomes Development and is based in the Unit of Health-care Epidemiology Department of Public Health, University of Oxford.

For further information contact:

Elizabeth Gibbons
Research Officer
Patient Reported Health Instruments Group
Department of Public Health
University of Oxford
Old Road Campus
Oxford University OX3 7LF
Tel: 01865 227157
Email: elizabeth.gibbons@dphpc.ox.ac.uk