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Patient Comm. Exam 1 The Clinical Use of Outcomes Measures
The Clinical Use of Outcomes Measures
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Communication
Graduate
08/04/2016

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outcome measures
Definition
Systematic method to gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of an intervention in daily clinical practice

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intervention effectiveness considerations
Definition
Is the treatment benefitting the patient?
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intervention efficiency considerations
Definition
considers number of visits or length of stay
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confidence in ability...
Definition
self fulfilling prophecy, indicator of ability
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nominal data
Definition
has no order
(boy, girl, red, blue)
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ordinal data
Definition
there is an order, but there is not specific distance between points
(private, captain) e.g. pain
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interval data
Definition
ordered
-specific difference between points
-NO 'TRUE' ZERO
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ratio data
Definition
ordered
-specific difference between points
-'TRUE' ZERO
e.g., age
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inter rater reliability
Definition
degree of agreement among administrations of a diagnostic test performed by multiple raters.
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intra rater reliability
Definition
degree of agreement among repeated administrations of a diagnostic test performed by a single rater.
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validity
Definition
measuring what we think we're measuring
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reliability
Definition
-overall consistency of a measure.
-produces similar results under consistent conditions.
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