Computer adaptive testing: a strategy for monitoring stroke rehabilitation across settings.

Current functional assessment instruments in stroke rehabilitation are often setting-specific and lack precision, breadth, and/or feasibility. Computer adaptive testing (CAT) offers a promising potential solution by providing a quick, yet precise, measure of function that can be used across a broad...

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Publicado en:Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 33 - 40
Autores principales: Andres PL, Black-Schaffer RM, Ni P, Haley SM
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Spring2004
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Sumario:Current functional assessment instruments in stroke rehabilitation are often setting-specific and lack precision, breadth, and/or feasibility. Computer adaptive testing (CAT) offers a promising potential solution by providing a quick, yet precise, measure of function that can be used across a broad range of patient abilities and in multiple settings. CAT technology yields a precise score by selecting very few relevant items from a large and diverse item pool based on each individual's responses. We demonstrate the potential usefulness of a CAT assessment model with a cross-sectional sample of persons with stroke from multiple rehabilitation settings.