Inter-rater reliability in disability assessment based on a semi-structured interview report

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 1885-1890

  Spanjer, J ^a,b   Krol, B ^b   Brouwer, S ^b   Groothoff, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Health Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Interview; Observer variation; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORK DISABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 57149105914     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701688185     Document Type: Article

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