Interpretation and precision of the Observer Scar Assessment Scale improved by a revised scoring

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1289-1295

  Lindeboom, Jerome A ^a,b   Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet, Elisabeth S ^c   Kuijper, Ed J ^c   Polsbroek, Roger M ^a,b   Horsthuis, Roy B ^a,b   Prins, Jan M ^d,e   Lindeboom, Robert ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Tropical Medicine and AIDS   (Netherlands)

^e Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam CINIMA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical significance; Outcome assessment; Rasch analysis; Rating scale; Scars; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER SCAR ASSESSMENT SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN SCAR; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; ELASTICITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ESTHETICS; FACE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; NECK; PHOTOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55249116284     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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