Assessment of stroke.
Assessment involves firstly identification that a problem exists, and secondly quantification. It is needed for both routine purposes and research. The research purposes--assessment tool--should be valid, reliable, repeatable and sensitive. It is also important that the assessment should be comprehensive--not missing out essential elements. In clinical practice, the use of Check-list may be helpful. In research, formal assessment procedures are required. The precise assessment tools to be used will depend very much on the research question being asked.
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Department of Neurology, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity