Rehabilitation Outcome Measures 1st Edition

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Rehabilitation Outcome Measures 1st Edition

Editore

Elsevier

Anno

2011

Pagine

188

ISBN

9780702044656

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Rehabilitation Outcome Measures is a comprehensive review and comparison of measurement instruments in rehabilitation. It includes a high-level section on professional practice in physiotherapy and an introduction to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) International Classification of Health. For those who wish to learn more about the relevance of reported measurement properties, the text focuses on how this knowledge can assist clinical decision-making. Additionally, the book reviews a range of measurements in neurological rehabilitation as well mobility, fatigue, physical activity and patient satisfaction. Rehabilitation Outcome Measures is directed at students preparing for clinical practice, as well as researchers and practitioners seeking information about a range of measurement instruments.

Key Features

Provides details on how to manage a project and select an outcome measure
Introduction to WHO’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
Boxes with specific links to clinical decision-making
Easy format for review of measurement possibilities in each domain
Clear review of 36 measurement instruments

Rehabilitation Outcome Measures Text and Evolve eBooks Package, 1st Edition

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Preface

SECTION 1 OUTCOME MEASUREMENT IN CONTEXT

1 Outcome measurement and practice
Introduction
Chapter outline
The outcomes movement
Evidence based practice
The role of professional organisations in promoting the systematic use of standardised outcome measure
Summary

2 International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
Introduction
Chapter outline
What is ICF?

3 How to choose an outcome measure
Introduction
Chapter outline
Project manage the process of choosing and using OMs
How do I choose a measure to use in my clinical practice?
Different types of measures
Assessing the quality of a measure
Summary

SECTION 2 MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES

4 Reliability: error in measurement
Introduction
Chapter outline
What is reliability?
How are studies of reliability analysed?
What not to use or to interpret with caution
Summary

5 Validity
Introduction
The description and methodology of validity
Predicting the future - how can we use OM’s to predict future events?
Can the outcome measure tell the difference between two groups?
Summary

6 Measuring change
Introduction
Chapter outline
Studying responsiveness
Summary

SECTION 3 OVERVIEW

7 Measuring mobility

8 Measuring physical activity

9 Measuring fatigue

10 Measurement in neurological conditions and rehabilitation

11 Evaluating satisfaction

APPENDICES

Appendix 1 Mobility

Appendix 2 Physical activity

Appendix 3 Fatigue

Appendix 4 Neurological rehabilitation