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Dysphagia patient-reported outcome measures in multiple sclerosis
… We aimed to capture patient-reported swallowing outcomes in a large group of persons with MS and compare dysphagia complaints with other MS symptoms. Six hundred and fifty-three adults with MS (mean age=51.71±12.72yrs; 509 female) completed an online survey consisting of the DYMUS, SSQ, PDDS, …
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Psychotherapy outcome measures in a client with a childhood disorder
<p>The purposes of this case study were to: (1) complete a thorough psychosocial assessment on a psychotherapy client, (2) to attribute the most accurate diagnosis, and (3) explain the most beneficial empirical treatment through research and review. The case study consisted of a single 17-year-old …
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Visual Outcome Measures of Remyelination and Neuroprotection in Multiple Sclerosis
… and multiple non-invasive, inexpensive measures that can be readily used for functional and structural assessment of the visual pathway already exist. These include visual evoked potentials (VEP), optical coherence tomography (OCT), visual acuity and colour vision. It remains unclear …
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Comparing outcome measures derived from four research designs incorporating the retrospective pretest.
… The purpose of this study was to compare outcome measures resulting from four research design implementations incorporating the retrospective pretest: (a) pre-post-then, (b) pre-post/then, (c) post-then, and (d) post/then. The study analyzed the interaction effect of pretest sensitization …
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A virtual hand assessment system for efficient outcome measures of hand rehabilitation
… that can objectively measure the restoration outcome and, dynamically, evaluate its performance. The proposed system uses a data glove sensorial device to measure the multiple ranges of motion for the hand joints, and a Virtual Reality system to return an illustrative and safe visual …
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The effectiveness of using patient-reported outcome measures as quality improvement tools
… to consultant orthopaedic surgeons on improving outcomes for hip replacement surgery. Qualitative interviews with surgeons in the intervention arm of the trial examined the view of and reactions to the feedback. Results: The quantitative review of 17 studies found weak evidence to suggest that …
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The Use of Outcome Measures By Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists in Iowa
… services by investigating the use of outcomes measures by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs) in Iowa. Secondary purposes of the study are to collect basic demographic and practice data on LMFTs in Iowa and to examine the relationships between LMFTs' use of outcome measures …
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Use of Oral Language General Outcome Measures to Describe Children According to Language Status
… then analyzed using 5 general language sample measures (Number of Total Words, Number of Different Words, Number of Total Utterances, Mean Length of Utterance, Errors/Omissions). Intercorrelations between the elicitation tasks were found for each measure and then the effect size was determined …
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Investigating quality of life in inherited optic neuropathies: Evaluating patient experiences and outcome measures
… with IONs and evaluate the patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) used to capture their experiences. The hypothesis of this study was that pre-existing PROMs were inadequate for capturing the experiences of affected individuals, warranting the development of a disease-specific PROM for use …
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Markers and outcome measures in chronic immune mediated artrhritis: from association studies to prediction models.
… how single biomarkers and standardized clinical measures can be used in the daily clinical practice rheumatologist’s decision making and how different markers and measures can be combined into prediction models and composite indices. The first part focuses on association studies. Three …
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Nighttime Postural Care Sleep-based Outcome Measures and Education: Preparing Care Providers of Children with Cerebral Palsy
… AIM of DISSERTATION: 1) examine sleep-based measures used in previous NTPC research and 2) investigate the "sleep care positioning training program’s" (Lesson A), an online NTPC training program, feasibility to educate caregivers. METHOD Completed studies include: 1) systematic literature …
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Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in breast cancer patients after immediate breast reconstruction using the Breast-Q
… prompted the need to evaluate patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for this set of operative intervention. This study aimed to assess clinical and patient reported outcome measures in immediate breast reconstruction patients using the BREAST-Q and compare these with international cohorts. …
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A mixed method analysis of the role of balance outcome measures in therapist decision-making and patient outcomes
… three studies was to assess the impact of using outcome measures on physical therapists' decision-making and patient functional outcomes. Three hundred thirty-seven physical therapists completed an online survey focused on their use of outcome measures and their relationship with decision-making …
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The relationship of antidepressant use, depression, depressive symptomatology and reported pain to multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment outcome measures
… study was conducted to analyze various objective measures of treatment outcome among patients that participated in a multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment program and to compare these measures to the absence or presence of antidepressant medication, the level of depression, and the quality of …
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A holistic psychometric analysis of the individual recovery outcomes counter : balancing user needs in the use of personal outcome measures
The recent focus on recovery and personal outcomes in Scotland has increased pressure on mental health services to evidence that their work is achieving recovery-related outcomes. Developed in response to such pressures, the Individual Recovery Outcomes Counter (I.ROC) is used both to measure …
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Patient Compliance of Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Measurement-Based Care After an Abrupt Shift to Telehealth During COVID-19
… the routine administration of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs). There is a lack of research describing the utilization of MBC in a telehealth setting. As technological innovations continue, a greater number of clinics are offering telemental health services. Additionally, the COVID-19 …
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A qualitative inquiry of clinicians’ relational experiences within a perinatal infant mental health service contextualised with quantitative analysis of outcome measures
… risk factors. Enquiry reports underscore poor outcomes and service engagement for mothers from marginalized social contexts wherein relationships with services can be characterized by avoidance, distrust and silencing. Nuanced understandings of these relational processes are lacking and …
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