Rating scales for researchers
Between 1999-2005 an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, epidemiologists, and psychologists developed four patient-reported outcomes tools that explored the effect of sex hormones on health and aging. As part of ZEG Berlin’s commitment to improving the transparency and quality of epidemiological research, the scales are provided here for researchers to use in their work. All rating scales are based on the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) concept and assess specific health concerns that can be difficult to derive from other sources.
Researchers interested in applying the scales in their research can contact us to clarify their purpose and the licensing fees behind them. We support academic and research use without licensing. As soon as you plan to commercialize our products or are interested in implementing them in clinical trials, a licensing fee has to be paid to the copyright holder. For any publication, we would kindly ask you to refer to the applicable original literature and use an acknowledgement within the publication for the copyright holder.
Any new information or developments concerning the scales will be made publicly available.
Background information on the scales’ development, reliability, and validity can be found on the individual scale pages.
All surveys have been validated and are available in several languages.
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