Cross-diagnostic validity in a generic instrument: An example from the Functional Independence Measure in Scandinavia

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lundgren Nilsson, Åsa ^b   Tennant, Alan ^a   Grimby, Gunnar ^b   Sunnerhagen, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCANDINAVIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SCANDINAVIA; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STROKE;

EID: 33749507942     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-55     Document Type: Article

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