Health scales or indices are composite tools aiming to measure a variety of clinical conditions, behaviours, attitudes and beliefs that are difficult to be measured quantitatively.
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Both research and clinical decision making rely on measurement scales. These scales vary with regard to their psychometric properties, ease of administration, dimensions covered by the scale, and other properties. This article reviews the main psychometric characteristics of scales and assesses their utility.