How to measure what matters: Development and application of guiding principles to select measurement instruments in an epidemiologic study on functioning

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Fekete, Christine ^a   Boldt, Christine ^a   Post, Marcel ^a,b   Eriks Hoogland, Inge ^a   Cieza, Alarcos ^a,c,d   Stucki, Gerold ^a,d,e  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Centre for the Family of International Classifications in German   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; ICF; Measurement Instruments; Methodology; Spinal Cord Injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 80053959846     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e318230fe41     Document Type: Review

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