title: Outcome scoring in neurosurgery: the cognitive outcome score, an alternative to the Glasgow outcome scale.
abstract: The qualitative method, the Glasgow outcome scale, remains the convention for patient outcome assessment in the neurosurgical literature. This is despite the fact that sampling methods subject to bias confer low confidence in the conclusions. An alternative, quantitative method, the cognitive outcome score (COS), decreases bias, is cost effective and delivered in less than 10 min. Utilisation of the COS in statistical correlations against common clinical parameters is discussed in theory and practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia. victoria.dunne@email.cs.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Victoria G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Besser
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D003071:Cognition; D023261:Glasgow Outcome Scale; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery