Satisfaction as an Outcome Measure

Quality of life as an outcome measure.

It is important to identify unknown and unquantified benefits and risks of therapeutic intervention that are reflected in the quality of life. This is especially important when the benefit : risk analysis is not clearly in favour of treatment. Quality of life is defined and target areas identified. The steps in the measurements of quality of life are discussed, including the validity, repeatabi...

Cognition as an outcome measure in schizophrenia.

BACKGROUND Cognitive deficits are a core feature of schizophrenia. These deficits are not caused by medication or symptoms, and have a dramatic negative effect on real-world functioning. AIMS To critically examine a selection of the most common batteries used to assess cognition in schizophrenia. METHOD Literature review of cognitive assessment batteries for use in schizophrenia. RESULTS ...

Choosing an outcome measure.

Most orthopaedic surgeons are being asked to evaluate the outcome of their practice with very little guidance as to how to accomplish this. Their approach may be simply to conduct short-term audit of perioperative complications regularly, or to implement some form of measuring instrument which can be given to all patients. They may wish to implement an outcome measure but are unable to obtain a...

The autopsy as an outcome and performance measure.

Defining survival as an outcome measure in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

OBJECTIVES To examine how respiratory interventions affect survival as an outcome measure and to define survival rate for trials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. DESIGN AND SETTING We reviewed the data of 3 phase 3 clinical trials and examined differences in times to death, tracheostomy, and permanent assisted ventilation. We assessed the outcomes with chi(2) and Fisher exact tests for categ...