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Making the best match: selecting outcome measures for clinical trials and outcome studiesWendy J Coster
Department of Occupational Therapy, Boston University, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Occup Ther 67:162-70. 2013..Guidelines are proposed to help clinical researchers and consumers of clinical research literature evaluate the match between the study purpose, population, and instrument...
Refining the conceptual basis for rehabilitation outcome measurement: personal care and instrumental activities domainWendy J Coster
Research and Training Center on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes, Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Med Care 42:I62-72. 2004....- Measuring participation of children with disabilities: issues and challengesWendy Coster
Boston University, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston, MA, USA
Disabil Rehabil 30:639-48. 2008..The aim of this paper is to examine conceptual issues that challenge development of valid and useful measures of children's participation... - Predictors of basic and instrumental activities of daily living performance in persons receiving rehabilitation servicesWendy Coster
Department of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Counseling, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:928-35. 2007..To examine the relations among cognitive and emotional function and other patient impairment and demographic variables and the performance of daily activities... 
Assessing self-care and social function using a computer adaptive testing version of the pediatric evaluation of disability inventoryWendy J Coster
Department of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Counseling, Boston University Sargent College, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:622-9. 2008....- 2008 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture. Embracing ambiguity: facing the challenge of measurementWendy J Coster
Department of Occupational Therapy, Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Sargent College, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Occup Ther 62:743-52. 2008.... - Measuring patient-reported outcomes after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation settingsWendy J Coster
Department of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Counseling, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
J Rehabil Med 38:237-42. 2006..To examine the sensitivity of the Short Form Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC) in comparison to the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) across a 12-month period after discharge from rehabilitation hospital... - Development of the participation and environment measure for children and youth: conceptual basisWendy Coster
Boston University, Department of Occupational Therapy, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Disabil Rehabil 34:238-46. 2012..The purpose of this paper is to describe the conceptual foundation of a new parent-report measure of the participation and environment of children and youth: the Participation and Environment Measure - Children and Youth version (PEM-CY)... - Psychometric evaluation of the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and YouthWendy Coster
Department of Occupational Therapy, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Dev Med Child Neurol 53:1030-7. 2011..The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties (reliability and validity) of the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY)... - Computer adaptive test performance in children with and without disabilities: prospective field study of the PEDI-CATHelene M Dumas
Research Center, Franciscan Hospital for Children, Boston, MA 02135, USA
Disabil Rehabil 34:393-401. 2012..To examine the discriminant validity, test-retest reliability, administration time and acceptability of the pediatric evaluation of disability inventory computer adaptive test (PEDI-CAT)... - Community participation, supports, and barriers of school-age children with and without disabilitiesGary Bedell
Department of Occupational Therapy, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 94:315-23. 2013..To examine patterns of community participation and environmental factors that affect community participation for school-age children with and without disabilities... - Item bank development for a revised pediatric evaluation of disability inventory (PEDI)Helene Dumas
Franciscan Hospital for Children, Research Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02135, USA
Phys Occup Ther Pediatr 30:168-84. 2010..Content validity was established incorporating input from clinicians and parents. The new item bank covers a broad range of functional activities for children of all ages and abilities... - Association of environmental factors with levels of home and community participation in an adult rehabilitation cohortJulie J Keysor
Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:1566-75. 2006.... - Beyond function: predicting participation in a rehabilitation cohortAlan M Jette
Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86:2087-94. 2005..To monitor participation in a rehabilitation cohort and to identify determinants of change during a 12-month period posthospitalization following the onset of one of several major disabling conditions... - An ICF-CY-based content analysis of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-IIKara Gleason
Department of Occupational Therapy, Boston University, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Sargent College, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Intellect Dev Disabil 37:285-93. 2012..A content analysis of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II (VABS-II) was conducted to examine congruence with the functioning and disability component of this framework... - Computerized adaptive testing for follow-up after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation: I. Activity outcomesStephen M Haley
Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:1033-42. 2006.... - Late life function and disability instrument: I. Development and evaluation of the disability componentAlan M Jette
Roybal Center for Enhancement of Late Life Function, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M209-16. 2002..More conceptually sound and responsive measures of disability are needed... - Computerized adaptive testing for follow-up after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation: II. Participation outcomesStephen M Haley
Health and Disability Research Institute, School of Public Health, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118 2639, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:275-83. 2008..To measure participation outcomes with a computerized adaptive test (CAT) and compare CAT and traditional fixed-length surveys in terms of score agreement, respondent burden, discriminant validity, and responsiveness... - Development of an applied cognition scale to measure rehabilitation outcomesWendy J Coster
Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:2030-5. 2004.... - Score comparability of short forms and computerized adaptive testing: Simulation study with the activity measure for post-acute careStephen M Haley
Research and Training Center on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes, Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:661-6. 2004..To compare simulated short-form and computerized adaptive testing (CAT) scores to scores obtained from complete item sets for each of the 3 domains of the Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC)... - Assessing mobility in children using a computer adaptive testing version of the pediatric evaluation of disability inventoryStephen M Haley
Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86:932-9. 2005.... - Short-form activity measure for post-acute careStephen M Haley
Research and Training Center on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes, Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:649-60. 2004..To develop a comprehensive set of short forms using item response theory (IRT) and item pooling procedures for the purpose of monitoring postacute care functional recovery... - Late Life Function and Disability Instrument: II. Development and evaluation of the function componentStephen M Haley
Roybal Center for Enhancement of Late Life Function, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M217-22. 2002..Current measures have been criticized, however, for conceptual confusion, lack of sensitivity to change, poor reproducibility, and inability to capture a wide range of upper and lower extremity functioning... - Activity outcome measurement for postacute careStephen M Haley
Research and Training Center on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes, Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Med Care 42:I49-61. 2004..It is critical to determine a common underlying structure before employing current methods of item equating across outcome instruments for future item banking and computer-adaptive testing applications... - Developing a responsive measure of change for paediatric brain injury inpatient rehabilitationGary M Bedell
Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Brain Inj 16:659-71. 2002..Selected statistical approaches used to examine responsiveness of two functional activity scales (daily and social behavioural activity) of a prototype measure are presented to illustrate these issues... - Participation readiness at discharge from inpatient rehabilitation in children and adolescents with acquired brain injuriesGary M Bedell
Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Pediatr Rehabil 5:107-16. 2002.... - Measuring participation of school-aged children with traumatic brain injuries: considerations and approachesGary Bedell
Department of Occupational Therapy, Tufts University, 26 Winthrop St, Room 211, Medford, MA 02155, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 23:220-9. 2008..how should it be measured, what is the level of focus (individual, program, or population), and how does or could the selected approach address stakeholders' "information goals," that is, what stakeholders want and need to know?.. - An exploratory analysis of functional staging using an item response theory approachWei Tao
Health and Disability Research Institute, School of Public Health, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118 2639, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:1046-53. 2008.... - Qualities of caregiver-child interaction during daily activities of children born very low birth weight with and without white matter disorderMary Beth Kadlec
Studies To Advance Autism Research and Treatment Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Am J Occup Ther 59:57-66. 2005..The purpose of this study was to examine qualities of caregiver-child interactions during daily activities of healthy children born full-term and of children born prematurely and very low birth weight with and without white matter disorder... - Occupational therapy activities and intervention techniques for clients with stroke in six rehabilitation hospitalsNancy K Latham
Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University, 53 Bay State Road, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Am J Occup Ther 60:369-78. 2006..To prospectively monitor occupational therapy activities and intervention techniques used during inpatient stroke rehabilitation in order to provide a description of current clinical practice... - International conference on evidence-based practice: A collaborative effort of the American Occupational Therapy Association, the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityWendy Coster
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Occup Ther 59:356-8. 2005 - Agreement in functional assessment: graphic approaches to displaying respondent effectsStephen M Haley
Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 85:747-55. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Graphic analyses allow for a simple interpretation of agreement data and may be useful in determining the meaningfulness of the amount and direction of interrespondent variation... - Play and cognition among young children reared in an institutionLisa A Daunhauer
Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Applied Human Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 1573, USA
Phys Occup Ther Pediatr 30:83-97. 2010..Additionally, practitioners assessing children from institutions who cannot engage in standardized testing may consider observing play behaviors to make an initial estimate of developmental status... - Expressive behavior in Parkinson's disease as a function of interview contextKayoko Takahashi
Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Sargent College, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Occup Ther 64:484-95. 2010..The purpose of this study was to determine whether qualities of the interview context are associated with client motivational behavior in Parkinson's disease... - Functional predictors of school participation by children with disabilitiesMarisa C Mancini
Department of Occupational Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Occup Ther Int 11:12-25. 2004..Findings from this study may inform therapists about the most relevant areas of function that support social and physical participation of children with disabilities who are included in regular schools... - Analyzing change in recovery patterns in the year after acute hospitalizationJanet A Prvu Bettger
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:1267-75. 2008.... - Psychometric properties of the scorable self-care evaluationMelinda H Tarbell
Acute Care Rehabilitation Department, Concord Hospital, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, USA
Am J Occup Ther 58:324-32. 2004.... - Measuring physical function in patients with complex medical and postsurgical conditions: a computer adaptive approachHilary Siebens
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 84:741-8. 2005..CONCLUSION: The AM-PAC can assess a broad range of function in patients with complex medical illness. CAT achieves valid patient scores using fewer questions... - Neuroimpairments, activity performance, and participation in children with cerebral palsy mainstreamed in elementary schoolsRony Schenker
The Association for the Advancement of Conductive Education in Israel, 11 Beir Hadfus, POB 34336, Jerusalem 91341, Israel
Dev Med Child Neurol 47:808-14. 2005..These findings suggest that within the mainstreamed environment, participation and activity performance increase as motor disability and/or additional neuroimpairments (speech and language impairments and learning disability) decrease... - Effects of caregiver-child interactions on play occupations among young children institutionalized in Eastern EuropeLisa A Daunhauer
Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Applied Human Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1573, USA
Am J Occup Ther 61:429-40. 2007.... - The relation between length of institutionalization and sensory integration in children adopted from Eastern EuropeSusan H Lin
Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia, USA
Am J Occup Ther 59:139-47. 2005..To examine the relation between length of institutionalization and sensory integration in children adopted from Eastern Europe...