Use of goal attainment scaling in measuring clinically important change in cognitive rehabilitation patients

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 581-588

  Rockwood, Kenneth ^a,c   Joyce, Brenda ^a   Stolee, Paul ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Southwestern Ontario Regl G   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change measures; Cognitive rehabilitation; Functional capacity; Goal attainment scaling; Relative efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030978954     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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