title: Development of a comprehensive assessment toolbox for stroke.
abstract: Comprehensive databases for the assessment of individuals with stroke are essential for clinical management and evaluation of outcomes for quality management and research. The purpose of this article is to describe a comprehensive data system or "toolbox" developed by clinicians and researchers at the Center on Aging at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The choice of assessments for the toolbox resulted from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Guidelines, results of the Kansas City Stroke Study, and the authors' work to develop a new stroke measure-the Stroke Impact Scale.
authors.affiliation: Center on Aging, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center 66160-7117, USA.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: van Culin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clausen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019992:Databases as Topic; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010346:Patient Care Management; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality