Overview and inter-rater reliability of an incident-based rating scale for aggressive behaviour following traumatic brain injury: The Overt Aggression Scale-Modified for Neurorehabiltation-Extended (OAS-MNR-E)

Brain Injury

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 505-511

  Giles, Gordon Muir ^a,b   Mohr, James D ^c  

^a Crestwood Treatment Center   (United States)

^b SAMUEL MERRITT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Mohr Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct care staff; Incident rating; Overt Aggression Scale; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORIENTATION; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34249790872     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050701311729     Document Type: Review

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