2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02825.x
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Clinimetrics: the science of clinical measurements

Abstract: 'Clinimetrics' is the term introduced by Alvan R. Feinstein in the early 1980s to indicate a domain concerned with indexes, rating scales and other expressions that are used to describe or measure symptoms, physical signs and other clinical phenomena. Clinimetrics has a set of rules that govern the structure of indexes, the choice of component variables, the evaluation of consistency, validity and responsiveness. This review illustrates how clinimetrics may help expanding the narrow range of information that i… Show more

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“…Clinimetric analysis (i.e. analysis focused on the quality and sensibility of measurements) was used to determine the clinical implications of changes in pain AB [31]. …”
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confidence: 99%
“…Clinimetric analysis (i.e. analysis focused on the quality and sensibility of measurements) was used to determine the clinical implications of changes in pain AB [31]. …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The need to determine the beneficial effect of the treatment of IPSTs, however, requires clearly defined standardized measures of the severity of neurological deficits and also the knowledge of how each deficit is related to QOL. 28 There are 5 well-known scales to assess outcomes after IPSTs. The Aminoff-Logue scale is the oldest used assessment for spinal cord vascular malformations.…”
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“…Por ende, la clinimetría es un conjunto de reglas que rigen la estructura de los índices, la elección de las variables componentes, la evaluación de la consistencia, la validez y la capacidad de respuesta. De este modo, se ocupa de los mé-todos cuantitativos en la recopilación y análisis de datos clí-nicos comparativos y, en particular, con la mejora en los procesos de "medición" de los fenómenos clínicos y personales distintivos de la atención al paciente (Feinstein, 1983;Fava et al, 2012). La ciencia clínimétrica ofrece oportunidades para generar nuevos enfoques ó un tipo adicional de IC que puede incrementar la base científica de la práctica clínica, humanizando el contenido de los datos de investigación y restableciendo el énfasis analítico en el arte del cuidado del paciente (Tomba & Bech, 2012).…”
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