A clinically meaningful theory of outcome measures in rehabilitation medicine

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-270

  Massof, Robert W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BREAKDOWN STRUCTURES; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FUNCTIONAL ABILITIES; LATENT VARIABLE; LOW VISION; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; ONE VARIABLE AT A TIME; PATIENT STATE; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SELF-REPORT; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; STATISTICAL INFERENCE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL STRUCTURE; UNOBSERVABLE; VALUE JUDGMENT; VISUAL FUNCTIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); STATISTICAL METHODS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REHABILITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BIOSTATISTICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REHABILITATION; VISION, LOW;

EID: 77958146857     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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