Optimising outcome assessment of voice interventions, II: Sensitivity to change of self-reported and observer-rated measures

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-51

  Steen, I N ^a   MacKenzie, K ^b   Carding, P N ^a   Webb, A ^a   Deary, I J ^c   Wilson, J A ^a,d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outcome Assessment (Healthcare); Outcome Measures; Quality of Life; Voice; Voice Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOICE; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; LARYNX; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LARYNX; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 40349084223     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107007839     Document Type: Article

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