OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to measure functional outcomes after outpatient occupational therapy for clients who had upper-extremity injury and surgery or both. METHODS A sample of 33 clients referred to occupational therapy outpatient intervention was recruited from five clinics in Ohio. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) was used to guide the occupational thera...

BACKGROUND The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) model of the consequences of disease identifies three health outcomes, impairment, activity limitations and participation restrictions. However, few orthopaedic health outcome measures were developed with reference to the ICF. This study examined the ability of a valid and frequently used measure of upper li...

Kathryn E. Roach, PhD, PT; Alison A. Linberg, DPT, ATC; Michele A. Raya, PhD, PT, SCS, ATC Health outcome measures are used to assess treatment effectiveness. Historically, survival was the most important health outcome. Treatments were assessed based on whether the patient lived or died. Now in the 21st century, treatments for many injuries and illnesses are so effective that many, if not most...

OBJECTIVE The goal was to create a functional status outcome measure for large outcome studies that is well defined, quantitative, rapid, reliable, minimally dependent on subjective assessments, and applicable to hospitalized pediatric patients across a wide range of ages and inpatient environments. METHODS Functional Status Scale (FSS) domains of functioning included mental status, sensory f...

T he short history of hearing aid fitting can be divided into three eras . The first era, from roughly 1946 to about 1970, might be described as the era of the PB list. A fitting was successful when the aided speech recognition score for single-syllable words was optimized. The second era, from the 1970s to the present, might be described as the era of the engineering solution . A fitting was s...

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...

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 ...