title: [Possibilities and limits of scores. Theoretical considerations about scores].
abstract: Scores are intended to facilitate an accurate appreciation of the overall situation from a few characteristic, reasonably weighted parameters. This definite result in the form of a score means a reduction of reality. For the individual it cannot reasonably be applied in practice. Despite a long list of problems and limitations, a score can describe a collective and thus make it comparable to some extent. Because of the different compositions of the collectives, the value of scores for quality control is limited. The more physiological variables a score contains the more difficult it is to distinguish between the effect of therapy and the clinical course. Therefore, repeated measurement of scores is not useful to verify a therapeutic effect, but it can indicate a trend regarding the endpoint.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl fuer Chirurgie, Ostmerheimer Strasse, Koeln.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Giebel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Troidl
mesh_terms: D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012306:Risk; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016019:Survival Analysis
vernacular_title: Moglichkeiten und grenzen von scores. Theoretische Uberlegungen ueber scores.