SDSU Library: Sources for Nursing Research Instruments


Sources with Instruments | Sources without Instruments


Selected sources for nursing and health related research instruments available at the San Diego State University Library are given below. The sources are divided into two sections:
1) sources which contain some or all the instruments discussed in the source, and
2) those which are merely discussions of instruments.

In addition, the Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI), a measurement instruments databases, is available for searching on all the computers at the library and from home through Infodome.

Sources with Instruments

Antonak, Richard F. The measurement of attitudes toward people with disabilities: methods, psychometrics, and scales. Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas, 1988.
HV 1553 A62 1988 3rd Floor Books
All instruments included.
Bech, Per. Rating scales for psychopathology, health status, and quality of life: a compendium on documentation in accordance with the DSM-III-R and WHO systems.New York: Springer-Verlag, 1993.
RC 473 P78 B43 1993 Ref
All instruments included.
Bonjean, Charles M., Hill, Richard J., and McLemore, S. Dale. Sociological measurement: an inventory of scales and indices. San Francisco: Chandler, 1967.
Z 7164 S68 B6 4th Floor Books
Some instruments included.
Burns, R.B. The self concept in theory, measurement, development, and behaviour. New York: Longman, 1979.
BF 697 B86 1979 3rd Floor Books
Some instruments included.
Cattell, Raymond B., and Warburton, Frank W. Objective personality and motivational tests. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1967.
BF 698.5 C3 Ref
Some instruments included.
Cook, John D., et al. The experience of work: a compendium and review of 249 measures and their use. New York: Academic Press, 1981.
HF 5549.5 A83 E9 1981 3rd Floor Books
Some instruments included.
Dittmer, Sharon S., and Gresham, Glen E (eds.) Functional assessment and outcome measures for the rehabilitation health professional. Gaitherburgs, MD: Aspen Publishers, 1997.
RM 930.8 F85 1997 5th Floor Books
All instruments included.
Fischer, Joel, and Corcoran, Kevin. Measures for clinical practice: a sourcebook, 2nd ed. New York: Free Press, 1994. 2 vols.
BF 176 C66 1994 Ref
All instruments included.
Gallo, Joseph J., Reichel, William, and Andersen, Liilian M. Handbook of geriatric assessment, 2nd ed. Gaithersburg, Md: Aspen, 1995.
RC 953 G34 1995 5th Floor Books
Most instruments included.
Guzzetta, Cathie E., et al. Clinical assessment tools for use with nursing diagnoses. St. Louis: Mosby, 1989.
RT 48 C58 1989 Ref
All instruments included.
Jenkinson, Crisin (ed.) Measuring health and medical outcomes. London: UCL Press, 1994.
RA 408.5 M44 1994 5th Floor Books
Some instruments included.
Includes reliability and validity.
McDowell, Ian, and Newell, Claire. Measuring health: a guide to rating scales and questionnaires, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
RA 408.5 M38 1996 Ref
All instruments included.
Includes reliability and validity.
Mangen, David J., and Peterson, Warren A. (eds.) Research instruments in social gerontology. Minneapolis, MI: University of Minnesota Press, 1982. 3 vols.
vol 1 Clinical and social psychology
vol 2 Social roles and social participation
vol 3 Health, program evaluation, and demography
HQ 1061 R44 1982 3rd Floor Books
Melzack, Ronald, (ed.) Pain measurement and assessment. New York: Raven Press, 1983.
RB 127 P33245 1983 5th Floor Books
Some instruments included.
Redman, Barbara K. Measurements tools in patient education. New York: Springer Publishing, 1998.
R 727.4 M4 1998 Ref
All instruments included.
Includes reliability and validity.
Robinson, John P., Shaver, Phillip R., and Wrightman, Lawrence S. Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes. San Diego: Academic Press, 1991.
BF 698.4 M38 1991 Ref
All instruments included.
Shaw, Marvin E., Wright, Jack M. Scales for the measurement of attitudes. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.
BF 378 A75 S45 Book Stacks
All instruments included.
Sparks, Susan M., and Kuenz, Marjorie A. Interactive instruction in nursing and other health sciences: review of evaluation instruments. Bethesda, Md.: US Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 1993.
RT 73 S63 1993 5th Floor Books
Instruments are given in shortened form.
Tests in microfiche. Annotated index. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service, 1975-to date.
Ref Index Table 11
Microfiche located in Microforms Center (C-731)
All instruments included.
Waltz, Carolyn F., and Strickland, Ora L. (eds.) Measurement of nursing outcomes. New York: Springer, 1988-1990.
vol 1 Measuring client outcomes
vol 2 Measuring nursing performance
vol. 3 Measuring clinical skills and professional development
vol. 4 Measuring client self care and coping skills
RT 85.5 M434 1988 Ref
All instruments included.
Includes reliability and validity.
Ward, Mary Jane, and Fetler, Mark E. (eds.) Instruments for use in nursing education research. Boulder: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 1979.
RT 71 I6 Ref
All instruments included.
Includes reliability and validity.
Ward, Mary Jane, and Lindeman, Carol Ann (eds.) Instrument for measuring nursing practice and other health care variables. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1979. 2 vols. DHEW Publication No. HRA 78-53
RT 73 U56 Ref
All instruments included.
Includes reliability and validity.
Wilkin, David, Hallam, Leslie, and Doggett, Marie-Anne. Measures of need and outcome for primary health care. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
RA 407 W55 1992 Ref
Some instruments included.


Sources with Instruments | Sources without Instruments


Sources without Instruments

Abelin, T., Brezezinski, Z.J., and Carstairs, Vera D.L. (eds.) Measurement in health promotion and protection. Albany, NY: WHO Publication Center USA, 1987.
RA 427.8 M42 1987 5th Floor Books
Andresen, Elena. Assessing the health status of older adults. New York: Springer Publishing, 1997.
RC 953 A87 1997 5th Floor Books
Includes reliability and validity.
Beaton, Sarah R. Measurements for long-term care: a guidebook for nurses. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998.
RT120.L64 B43 1998 5th Floor Books
Includes reliability and validity.
Beere, Carole A. Gender roles: a handbook of tests and measures. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
HM 253 B43 1990 Ref
Includes reliability and validity.
Beere, Carole A. Sex and gender issues: a handbook of tests and measures. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
BF 692 B38 1990 Ref
Includes reliability and validity.
Beere, Carole A. Women and women's issues: a handbook of tests and measurements. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1979.
HQ 1180 B43 3rd Floor Books
Includes reliability and validity.
Bowling, Ann. Measuring disease: a review of disease specific quality of life measurement scales. Philadelphia: Open University Press, 1995.
RA 407 B68 1995 Ref
Includes reliability and validity.
Bowling, Ann. Measuring health: a review of quality of life measurement scales. Philadelphia: Open University Press, 1997.
RA 407 B69 1997 Ref
Includes reliability and validity.
Buros, Oscar Krisen (ed.) The ... mental measurements yearbook. Highland Park, NJ: The Yearbook, 1938-to date.
Ref Table 11
This is a series which comes out irregular intervals. It has several different titles, including: Tests in print and Personality tests and reviews.
Covers commercial instruments.
Chun, Ki-Taek, Cobb, Sidney, and French, John R.P., Jr. Measures for psychological assessment: a guide to 3000 original sources and their applications. Ann Arbor: Survey Research Center Institute for Social Research, 1975.
BF 698.5 C45 Ref; copy 2 in 3rd Floor Books
Ciminero, Anthony R., Calhoun, Karen S., and Adams, Henry E. (eds.) Handbook of behavioral assessment. New York: Wiley and Sons, 1986.
RC 469 H36 5th Floor Books
Clayton, Gloria M. and Broome, Marion. Instruments for use in nursing education research. New York: National League for Nursing, 1989.
RT 71 N25 no. 15-2248 Ref
Comrey, Andrew L., et al. Sourcebook for mental health measures. Los Angeles: Human Interaction Research Institute, 1973
ERIC Microfiche ED 096 350 Microforms Center
Conoley, Jane Close, and Werth, Elaine Buterick. Family assessment. Lincoln, Neb.: Buros Institute, 1995.
RC 488.53 F36 1995 5th Floor Books
Educational outcomes: assessment of quality, an annotated bibliography. National League for Nursing, 1987.
RT 71 N25 no.18-2189 Book Stacks
Frank-Stromberg, Marilyn (ed.) Instruments for clinical health-care research, 2nd ed. Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 1997.
RT 48 I57 1998 Ref
Includes reliability and validity.
Goldman, B.A., et al. (eds.) Directory of unpublished experimental mental measures. New York: Human Science Press, 1974-1984. 5 vols.
BF 431 G625 Ref
Goodwin, William A., and Driscoll, Laura A. Handbook for measurement and evaluation in early childhood: issues, measures, and methods. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1980.
LB 1115 G635 4th Floor Books
Hersen, Michael, and Bellack, Alan S. (eds.) Dictionary of behavioral assessment techniques. New York: Pergamon Press, 1988.
BF 176.5 D53 1988 Ref
Johnson, Orval G. Tests and measurements in child development: handbook I. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1971.
BF 722 J643 Book Stacks
Covers 1956-1965.
Includes reliability and validity.
Johnson, Orval G. Tests and measurements in child development: handbook II. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1976. 2 vols.
Ref Index Table 10
Covers 1966-1974.
Includes reliability and validity.
Keyser, Daniel J., and Sweetland, Richard C. (eds.) Test critiques. Kansas City, Mo.: Test Corporation of America, 1984 - . 10 volumes to date.
Ref Index Table 11
L'Abate, Luciano, and Bagarozzi, Dennis A. Sourcebook of marriage and family evaluation. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1993.
RC 488.53 L33 1993 5th Floor Books
Includes reliability and validity.
Lake, Dale G., Miles, Matthew B., and Earle, Ralph B., Jr. Measuring human behavior: tools for the assessment of social functioning. New York: Columbia University, 1973.
BF 698.5 L34 3rd Floor Books
Includes reliability and validity.
Larson, James S. The measurement of health: concepts and indicators. New York: Greenwood, 1991.
RA 407 L37 1991 5th Floor Books
Mangen, David J., and Peterson, Warren A. (eds.) Research instruments in social gerontology. Minneapolis, MI: University of Minnesota Press, 1982. 3 vols.
vol 1 Clinical and social psychology
vol 2 Social roles and social participation
vol 3 Health, program evaluation, and demography
HQ 1061 R44 1982 3rd Floor Books
Miller, Delbert C. Handbook of research design and social measurement, 5th ed. New York: Longman, 1991.
H 62 M44 1991 3rd Floor Books
Rantz, Marilyn J. Nursing quality measurement: a review of nursing studies. Washington, DC: American Nurses Publishing, 1995. ANA Publication; no. NP-93.
RT 85.5 .R36 1995 5th Floor Books
Reynolds, Cecil R. , and Kamphaus, Randy W. Handbook of psychological and educational assessment of children. New York: Guilford Press, 1990. 2 vols.
vol. 1 Intelligence and achievement
vol. 2 Personality, behavior, and context
BF 722 H33 1990 3rd Floor Books
Schroeder, Harold E. (ed.) New directions in health psychology assessment. New York: Hemisphere Pub. Corp., 1991.
RA 427.3 N48 1991 5th Floor Books
Spilker, Bert, et al. Quality of life bibliography and indexes. Medical Care. 1990; 28(Suppl.).
RA 410 A1 M42 Periodicals
Indicates reliability and validity studies.
Stewart, Miriam J. Social support instruments created by nurse investigators. Nursing Research. 1989; 38(5):268-275.
RT 1 N8 Periodicals
Straus, Murray A., and Brown, Bruce W. Family measurements techniques: abstracts of published instruments, 1975-1974, rev. ed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1978.
HQ 728 S86 1978 3rd Floor Books
Sweetland, Richard C., and Keyser, Daniel J. (eds.) Tests: a comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology, education, and business, 3rd ed. Kansas City, MO.: Test Corporation of America, 1991.
Ref Index Table 11
Covers commercial instruments.
Thompson, Christopher (ed.) Instruments of psychiatric research. New York: Wiley and Sons, 1989
RC 473 P78 I57 1989 Ref
Vazquez-Nuttall, Ena, Romero, Ivonne, and Kalesnik, Joanne, (eds.) Assessing and screening preschoolers: psychological and educational dimensions. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1992.
BF 722 A85 1992 3rd Floor Books
Includes reliability and validity.
Walker, Deborah Klein. Socioemotional measures for preschool and kindergarten children. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1973.
LB 1115 W62 4th Floor Books
Includes reliability and validity.
Wood, Robert Henley. Encyclopedia of clinical assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1980. 2 vols.
BF 698.4 E5 Ref
Wylie, Ruth C. The self-concept: a review of methodological considerations and measuring instruments. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1974.
BF 697 W92 v. 1 3rd Floor Books
Includes reliability and validity.
Zalaquett, Carlos P. and Wood, Richard J. (eds.) Evaluating stress: a book of resources. United States: Scarecrow Press, 1997.
RC 455.4 S87 E83 1997 Ref
Includes reliability and validity.
Zarit, Steven H., and Knight, Bob G. (eds.) A guide to psychotherapy and aging: effective clinical interventions in a life-stage context. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1996.
RC 480.54 G85 1996 5th Floor Books
Includes reliability and validity.
 
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