Statistical assessment of changes in ADL dependence: Three-graded versus dichotomised scaling

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-309

  Fänge, Agneta ^a,b   Lanke, Jan ^a   Iwarsson, Susanne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Division of Occupational Therapy   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Longitudinal; Multidimensional; Ordinal data; Paired observations

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

DATA SET; SCALING;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DETERIORATION; EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS;

EID: 11144234113     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004356-200412000-00009     Document Type: Article

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