The development of the St Andrew's-Swansea Neurobehavioural Outcome Scale: Validity and reliability of a new measure of neurobehavioural disability and social handicap

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-100

  Alderman, Nick ^a   Wood, Rodger Li ^b   Williams, Claire ^b  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury; Neurorehabilitation; Outcome measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY; ST ANDREWS SWANSEA NEUROBEHAVIORAL OUTCOME SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 78650215049     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.532849     Document Type: Article

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