Smallest real difference, a link between reproducibility and responsiveness

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 571-578

  Beckerman, H ^a   Roebroeck, M E ^b   Lankhorst, G J ^a   Becher, J G ^a   Bezemer, P D ^c   Verbeek, A L M ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Outcome measure; Reliability; Reproducibility; Responsiveness; Sickness impact profile; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0035681118     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013138911638     Document Type: Article

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