OBSERVER VARIATION IN THE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF STROKE

W M Garraway; Ali Akhtar; S M Gore; R.J. Prescott; R. G. Smith

doi:10.1093/ageing/5.4.233

Abstract

Clinical assessments have to be used in epidemiological studies in the absence of more objective means of establishing diagnosis or recording events in the natural history of disease. This requires the standardization of definition, technique and interpretation as a means of reducing observer variability in clinical examination. The methods used to reduce the observer variation in the clinical assessment of stroke patients are described and results are presented which demonstrate the degree to which this was achieved.

Keywords

MedicineStandardizationStroke (engine)Natural historyEpidemiologyObserver (physics)Physical medicine and rehabilitationIntensive care medicinePhysical therapyPathologyInternal medicine

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Year: 1976
Type: article
Volume: 5
Issue: 4
Pages: 233-240
Citations: 63
Access: Closed

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                                    W M Garraway, 
                                
                                    Ali Akhtar, 
                                
                                    S M Gore
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1976). 
                            OBSERVER VARIATION IN THE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF STROKE. 
                            Age and Ageing
                            , 5
                            (4)
                            , 233-240.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/5.4.233
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/ageing/5.4.233