Improving Modified Rankin Scale Assessment With a Simplified Questionnaire
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Improving modified Rankin Scale assessment with a simplified questionnaire.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is a popular primary stroke outcome measure, but its usefulness is limited by suboptimal reliability (inter-rater agreement). METHODS We developed and tested the reliability of a simplified mRS questionnaire (smRSq) in 50 patients after stroke seen in outpatient clinics. Randomly chosen paired raters administered the smRSq within 20 minut...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.109.571562