This package provides you with the book plus the eBook - giving you the printed book, plus access to the complete book content electronically. Pageburst (formerly Evolve eBooks) allows you to quickly search the entire book, make notes, add highlights, and study more efficiently. Buying other Pageburst (formerly Evolve eBooks) titles makes your learning experience even better: all of theeBooks will work together on your electronic "bookshelf", so that you can search across your entire library of eBooks. Rehabilitation Outcome Measures is acomprehensive 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 canassist 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 directedat students preparing for clinical practice, as well as researchers and practitioners seeking information about a range of measurement instruments. INDICE: Dedication Acknowledgements Preface SECTION 1 OUTCOME MEASUREMENT IN CONTEXT 1 Outcome measurement and practice Introduction Chapter outline Theoutcomes 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 rehabilitation11 Evaluating satisfaction APPENDICES Appendix 1 Mobility Appendix 2 Physicalactivity Appendix 3 Fatigue Appendix 4 Neurological rehabilitation Appendix 5Patient satisfaction Index
- ISBN: 978-0-7020-4465-6
- Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 204
- Fecha Publicación: 30/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés