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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"sensitivity to change"”.
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Examining A Brief Behavior Progress Monitoring Tool's Sensitivity to Change
… schools face many barriers in effectively monitoring student's response to behavioral interventions in the classroom. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the FastBridge - Direct Behavior Rating (FastBridge-DBR), a brief, novel progress monitoring measure, designed to assess student …
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Sensitivity to Change of the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-32)
… been an increased need for comprehensive ways to determine the validity of certain measures used to measure therapy effectiveness. The Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-32) is one of the most widely used measures for measuring therapy outcomes. This study was conducted on the …
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The countermovement rebound jump assessment: validity, reliability, associations with athletic performance and sensitivity to change
… jump (CMJ) and drop jump (DJ) are widely used to assess athletic performance. However, evaluating both slow and fast stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) capabilities through separate CMJ and DJ tests can be time-consuming if undertaking multiple trials for each test, and logistically challenging. To …
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Evaluation of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II (WHO DAS II) - German Version
… Disability, and Health (ICF). In contrast to other measures of health status, the WHODAS II is based on an international classification system, it is designed to be applicable across different cultures, and it treats all disorders at parity when determining the level of functioning. …
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Theory of Planned Behavior: Item Response Sets and Prediction of Physical Activity
… more effective. However, it is often difficult to determine the mechanisms of effect through meditational analyses. This is particularly an issue when a theory-based intervention is effective but theoretically hypothesized meditational relationships are not found. One reason for the lack of …
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Construct validity and sensitivity of the spine dysfunction, stress & sensory-motor integration questionnaire in individuals with neck dysfunction
The Spine Dysfunction – Stress and Sensory-Motor Integration Questionnaire (SD-SSMI-Q), a newly developed questionnaire, can reliably document sensory processing and sensorimotor dysfunction in those with altered sensorimotor integration (SMI) from a neck dysfunction. The SD-SSMI-Q has not been …
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Measuring Quality of Life in patients with Rotator Cuff Disorders
Rotator cuff disorders (RCDs) are a common musculoskeletal problem with a higher prevalence in women and after the age of 60. Due to the increasing need for patient-centered care, researchers have been directed towards the use of patient reported outcomes (PROs) to evaluate the progress of patient …
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Development and validation of the BILAG-2004 Index for the assessment of disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus
This research to develop and validate the BILAG-2004 index for the assessment of disease activity in patients with [systemic lupus erythematosus] SLE had involved several validation studies. The reliability of this index was shown in 2 exercises, as assessed by level of agreement, kappa statistic, …
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An examination of the Health Belief Model when applied to Diabetes mellitus.
… Health Belief Model (I-IBM) dimensions in order to understand health outcomes have many problems which prevent clear and reliable conclusions about their results. Studies about diabetes-related health beliefs have proved to be no exception to this rule. The research presented here is an attempt …
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Die Messung von Lernerfolg:
… der Studien werden thematisiert. Für den Evaluator werden aus den Ergebnissen der vorliegenden Arbeit jeweils praktikable Empfehlungen zum Einsatz der verschiedenen Messzugänge in Evaluationsvorhaben abgeleitet.
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Assessing Item and Scale Sensitivity to Therapeutic Change on the College Adjustment Scales: Working Toward a Counseling Center Specific Outcome Questionnaire
… college counseling centers use outcome measures to track therapeutic change for their clientele. These questionnaires have traditionally looked primarily at a client's symptom distress (e.g. depression, anxiety, suicidality, etc.) and are used to detect changes in the client's life that are due …
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A Response Surface Exit Crown Model Built from the Finite Element Analysis of a Hot-Rolling Mill
… and four dependent variables are used to build a response surface to calculate strip crown using the difference in the industry standard strip height measurements. The single element response surface in use provides the advantages of continuous derivatives and decouples rolling load …
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Modelling effects of structure in soft natural clays
… give natural clays a different structure to that of clays that are reconstituted in the laboratory. In soft clays, this structure often breaks down under loading; this is called destructuration. This project aimed to develop a model to predict destructuration in soft natural clays. An …
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Development of two disease specific scales to assess the impact of severe asthma on patients' lives
… Development of two disease specific scales to assess the impact of severe asthma on patients’ lives Asthma is a disease of the airways, characterised by airway obstruction, inflammation, and hyper-responsiveness resulting in symptoms of breathlessness, wheeze, shortness of breath and chest …
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Cool as a caterpillar: Understanding the responses of butterflies to temperature across the life cycle
… effects, including land-use and climate change, have had dramatic and wide-ranging impacts on the natural world. The impacts of these changes have already been detected in many systems, with global biodiversity and abundance of many taxa declining across spatial scales. The loss of …