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March 13, 2006
Finding Survey Instruments
If you are using or planning to use any kind of survey in research related to oral health, the Craniofacial Data Resource Center is your best one-stop shop. This includes an amazing wealth of resources for survey types of research in oral health.
NIDCR/CDC Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Data Resource Center: Catalog of Surveys and Archive of Procedures Related to Oral Health: http://drc.nidcr.nih.gov/catalog.htm
"The Catalog of Surveys and Archive of Procedures Related to Oral Health is a two-part database linking descriptions of data sources (Catalog) with descriptions of procedures (Archive) used in the data sources. The objective of the Catalog and Archive is to provide a central and up-to-date resource for detailed descriptions of oral health data sources for public health research, program planning, and policymaking. This searchable database is available free of charge online and on CD-ROM."
Other useful free resources for health survey instruments include the following.
NCHS: NHISD: Surveys and Data Collection Systems: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/express.htm
PROQOLID, the Patient-Reported Outcome and Quality of Life Instruments Database: http://www.proqolid.org/
Rand: Health: Surveys and Tools: http://www.rand.org/health/surveys_tools.html
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA): View Survey Instruments: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SAMHDA/survey-inst/
In addition to these, we can also highly recommend the following databases available through the University Libraries.
- Buros Institute of Mental Measurements (BIMM)
- Mental Measurements Yearbook
More information on these types of resources is available from Taubman:
Taubman Medical Library: Guide to Test and Measurement Instruments: http://www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/eres/data/about/abouttandm.html
Posted by pfa at March 13, 2006 02:55 PM