Reliability of a telephone-based Glasgow Outcome Scale assessment using a structured interview in a heterogenous population of patients and examiners

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1437-1446

  LeGrand, Scott A ^a   Hindman, Bradley J ^b,c   Dexter, Franklin ^b   Moss, Linda G ^b   Todd, Michael M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Disability evaluation; Glasgow Outcome Scale; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; TELEPHONE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 34848829827     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2007.0293     Document Type: Article

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