Outcome measures in stroke
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Chapter 4 Rehabilitation - WHO
www.who.intmeasure or set of measures (33). Traditionally, rehabilitation outcome measures have focused on the individual’s impairment level. More recently, outcomes measurement has been extended to include individual activity and participation outcomes (34, 35). Measurements of activity and participation outcomes assess
Life Expectancy after Stroke Based On Age, Sex, and Rankin ...
www.lifeexpectancy.orgease. By contrast, most of the published studies of stroke survival have reported only survival probabilities or hazard ratios, which can be more difficult to interpret. Recovery of function after stroke is an important outcome measure9 and is a key component of health. 10 Indeed, func-tional ability has long been recognized as a key prognostic
CHAPTER 4 THE EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON HEALTH …
www.cdc.govoutcome. Two such measures used in this chapter are risk ratio (RR) and odds ratio (OR). For these measures, an estimate of 1.0 indicates no association, when the risk of disease is equivalent in the two groups being compared. RR or OR estimates greater than 1.0 indicate an increase in risk; those less than 1.0 indicate a decreased risk ...
Part V: Cost-Effectiveness
www.cdc.govmortality outcomes. An example is emergency medical services pre-hospital stroke care, which has long-term effects on recovery and disability. Cost-utility analysis can be used when comparing interventions that affect different health outcomes, like …
Community Needs Assessment: Models and Measures
healthysd.govExamples {Social capital is strongly and negatively associated with income inequality. {The lower the trust between citizens, the higher the average mortality rate. {A 10% higher level of trust was associated with an 8% lower death rate from all causes. Kawachi, I., Kennedy, B.P., Lochner, K., Prothrow-Stith, D. (1997) Social