Disability Assessment for Patients with Stroke.
This review focuses on six prominent disability instruments designed and used in stroke research. The strengths and limitations of each are reviewed against four criteria which should be considered in selecting among existing instruments: the conceptual scope; the scaling method; its psychometric properties; and the instrument's feasibility. Outcomes measurement is an active area of investigation and the clinical researcher should follow the rehabilitation literature closely to keep abreast of the latest developments.
a Chief Research Scientist, New England Research Institutes, Professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences School of Public Health, Boston University Boston , Massachusetts.
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conceptual foundation; disability assessment; disability instrument; stroke research