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The NHP is a generic self-administered questionnaire designed to measure perceived health-related problems (Part I) and the extent to which such problems affect daily activities (Part II).
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Copyrighted by the Galen Research (http://www.galen-research.com), the NHP was developed in the UK during the 1970s for use in the evaluation of medical or social interventions (Hunt, McEwen & Mckenna, 1985). The NHP provides a brief and simple indication of perceived physical, social, and emotional health. It is designed to measure social and personal effects of illness and has been developed for a variety of uses: as an outcome measure for interventions, as a measure of the prevalence of self-perceived problems and unmet needs, and as a monitor of changes of general quality of life (QOL) over time (Ebrahim, Barer & Nouri, 1986). The items are based upon the World Health Organization classification of disability and indicate subjects’...
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Teixeira-Salmela, L.F. (2014). Nottingham Health Profile (NHP). In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1969
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