Measuring functional change in children with acquired brain injury (ABI): Comparison of generic and abi-specific scales using the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI)

Physical Therapy

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 776-785

  Kothari, Dhara H ^a   Haley, Stephen M ^b   Gill Body, Kathleen M ^c   Dumas, Helene M ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Item response theory; Outcome measurement; Pediatric brain injury; Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory; Rasch measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CALIBRATION; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MOBILITY; PEDIATRIC EVALUATION OF DISABILITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SELF CARE; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0141688393     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/83.9.776     Document Type: Article

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