Utilisation of patient perspective to validate clinical measures of outcome following spinal cord injury

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 967-975

  Dunn, Jennifer ^a   Sinnott, Anne K ^a,b   Nunnerley, Joanne ^a   Scheuringer, Monika ^c  

^a BURWOOD HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ICF; Outcome measurement; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; LIFE SATISFACTION; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 70349326556     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280802358407     Document Type: Article

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