Rating the methodological quality of single-subject designs and n-of-1 trials: Introducing the single-case experimental design (SCED) scale

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-401

  Tate, Robyn L ^a,b,f   McDonald, Skye ^c   Perdices, Michael ^d   Togher, Leanne ^e   Schultz, Regina ^a   Savage, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Rehabilitation Studies Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Methodology; Psychometric properties; Single subject design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTENT VALIDITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 46049114489     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010802009201     Document Type: Article

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